The European Commission’s efforts to prevent fuel tankering by aircraft operators are posing significant headaches for the business aviation sector. Rules that took effect from January 1 will impose significant financial penalties on operators conducting 500 or more flights from European Union (EU) airports each year who can’t prove that they uplifted at least 90% of their required fuel from those locations.
According to the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA), the anti-tankering policy is fundamentally unfair and disproportionate for the sector it represents. Nonetheless, reporting requirements started on March 1—applying to all commercial operations but not to flights operated under private rules—creating what the industry group said will be a huge administrative burden. Penalty payments for fuel deemed to have been tankered based on uplifts falling short of the 90% mark will be charged at twice the cost of the fuel.
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