ERA 2008: ERA urges members to heed ETS call
Worried that some small operators have not considered the ramifications of the European Union emissions-trading scheme (ETS), the European Regions Airline

Worried that some small operators have not considered the ramifications of the European Union emissions-trading scheme (ETS), the European Regions Airline Association is moving to raise awareness. As the industry prepares for integration of air transport into the ETS in 2012, airlines have only until next June to claim free carbon allowances. Accordingly, the ERA plans to hold a workshop in January to help operators comply with the new legislation.

Meanwhile, ERA director-general Mike Ambrose has castigated European politicians over the additional financial burden that ETS will place on airlines: “This legislation will impose massive additional costs on a transport industry that already has to bear unprecedented fuel [prices],” he insisted.