European airlines are pushing against Brussels imposing tougher emissions rules under the EU’s long-awaited climate package, according to documents obtained by a leading environmental group. “The aviation sector has communicated high-level support for net-zero EU aviation emissions by 2050 while opposing national and EU-level climate regulation to help deliver that target,” said Influence Map. Airlines for Europe lists Ryanair and Aer Lingus parent, IAG, as members alongside other leading European airlines and aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus. In a statement, the industry’s Airlines for Europe group said the documents “fail to reflect the collective actions and investments made by European airlines to address climate change”. European airlines’ targets were “in line with” the Paris agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, it added.

Source: The Irish Times June 10, 2021 09:47 UTC