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27/06/2008 MEPs and Council Presidency reach deal on airline emission

Following a series of meetings between MEPs and the Slovenian Presidency of the Council, the two sides have agreed details of how to include aviation in the EU Emissions Trading System. The compromise agreement reached yesterday still needs to be formally endorsed by the full Council and put to a second reading vote at Parliament's July plenary session in Strasbourg.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+IM-PRESS+20080627IPR32955+0+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

25 June 2008 Europe Must Abandon ‘Tunnel-Vision’ On Emissions Trading

Geneva - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament to put aside their single-minded focus on emissions trading and deliver real progress in reducing aviation emissions with a Single European Sky.

http://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/2008-06-25-02.htm

25/06/2008 The Commission launches Single European Sky II for safer, greener and more punctual flying

Brussels, the European Commission adopted today the second package of legislation for a Single European Sky (SES II). These proposals aim to further improve safety, cut costs and reduce delays. That will in turn mean lower fuel consumption, so that airlines could save up to 16 million tons of CO₂emissions and cut their annual cost by between two and three billion euros. This full reform of the European air traffic management system will be key to managing the doubling of traffic expected by 2020. Not only airline passengers, but also freight forwarders and military and private aviation will benefit. The package will create additional jobs in aviation. Meanwhile, European manufacturing industry will gain from being at the forefront of innovation in air traffic management technology (i.e. satellite based systems - Galileo, datalink, etc.), thus giving it a competitive edge on global markets.

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1002&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en