A European Union-level tax on kerosene, keeping aviation in the bloc’s emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) beside ICAO’s carbon offsetting and reduction scheme for international aviation (CORSIA), and promoting the use of high-speed trains are key policy tools that Brussels could consider to reduce the aviation industry’s environmental footprint and bring it line with the EU’s Clean Planet for All strategy, European Commissioner for transport and mobility Violeta Bulc told AIN on the sidelines of the June 1 to 3 IATA annual general meeting in Seoul. The commission has made no decision on the levy on conventional jet fuel uploaded at the continent’s airports, she stressed. A decision will rest with the next European Commission. “At this point I will not go into any premature comments,” said Bulc. “Taxation and fees are one of a set of tools that we were able to identify to ensure aviation reaches the EU’s target of zero emissions by 2050. Let’s see what other tools such as technology and alternative fuels will deliver. Maybe we will not need to use taxation.”
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