AFRAA’S PROTESTS EU’S STANCE ON ENVIRONMENT, SAFETY ISSUES

As AFRAA’s 42nd general assembly winds up on Tuesday November 23 in Addis Ababa, it passed a resolution environment and emission and EU black list on safety. The resolution disclosed its satisfaction with the ICAO assembly on aviation emissions. AGA (AFRAA’s General Assembly) said that it is aware of effective January 2012 emissions resulting from virtually all flights to/from and within the EU will be included in the EU emission trading scheme. The resolution said: “The majority of African carriers operating to EU countries will be covered under the EU-ETS scheme despite the minimum threshold set by the EU regulation.