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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has warned
the EU that imposing emissions trading on airlines flying
through Europe has no chance of succeeding, according to the
Guardian.
"The scheme has no chance. It is difficult to imagine 136
countries agreeing with something that is illegal. Why are
we wasting so much time instead of building a global, harmonised
emissions trading scheme?" - said Giovanni Bisignani, chief
executive of the global trade body for commercial carriers.
Meanwhile the CEO of easyJet, Andy Harrison,
writing in the last issue of the Parliament Magazine,
urged the EU to be very careful about the inclusion of airlines
into the ETS.
"The ETS must be seen as a trading mechanism that incentivises
airlines to become greener and not a punitive tax on an industry
that brings enormous social and economic benefits to the people
of Europe" - he writes.
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