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IATA putting the clamps on emissions to help address climate change
According to IATA’s Asia-Pacific Regional Director, Vinoop Goel, who recently graced the APEC Transport Meeting held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, aviation is responsible for 2% of the global...
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ICAO agrees to new strategy on use of sustainable fuels
Members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have ratified a new strategy that tackles the aviation industry’s use of sustainable fuels. The new 2050 Vision for Sustainable Aviation...
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GCAA on the verge of completing restructuring of UAE’s airspace
The United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced that it is almost finished with the restructuring of the country’s airspace in a development that hopes to decongest air...
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EU MEPs support new bearing for taxing aviation emissions
Members of the European Parliament have initially consented to proceed with the aviation industry’s existing treatment under the EU’s emissions trading scheme to make way for the development of a new...
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IATA moves to address infrastructure, regulations and sustainability issues...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is pushing for immediate action to tackle the difficulties of infrastructure, regulatory harmonization and sustainability in Asia Pacific’s aviation...
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Europe refuses to give ICAO a blank cheque with aviation carbon scheme
By transportenvironment.org Flights to and from Europe are set to be excluded from the EU emissions trading system (ETS) until the end of 2023 after a provisional agreement was reached between MEPs,...
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European Aviation Safety Agency proposes that new aircraft types meet CO2...
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) wants new aircraft types and those already in production to meet separate CO2 standards. The EASA proposal would see newly-designed aircrafts to meet a CO2...
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European aviation: Challenges, strategy and the Single European Sky agenda
By www.sesarju.eu In anticipation of the forthcoming Digital Transport Days in Tallinn, Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport at the European Commission, and Chair of the...
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EASA emission regulations inch closer to being established
Regulations that would establish updated European-built jet aircraft CO2 emissions standards endorsed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have moved forward with the recent...
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IATA urges Philippine government to focus on developing airport infrastructure
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged the Philippine government to train its focus on addressing the more urgent matter of airport infrastructure rather than entertaining...
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EU seeks to resolve new aircraft emissions dispute
Over a year after global regulators approved emissions rules for commercial aircrafts, the European Union is facing an internal dispute over how they should be applied in an issue that could impact...
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New noise report indicates Heathrow’s noise footprint at smallest recorded...
Heathrow airport’s noise footprint continues to shrink. The finding was reported by a new annual noise contour report that said 52,000 fewer households were affected by noise compared to 2006....
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Switzerland plans to connect Swiss and EU emissions trading schemes
Switzerland harbors plans to add aviation to its current emissions trading scheme (ETS) and to connect the Swiss and EU ETS. The purpose of this move is to allow the two to acknowledge each other’s...
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Jamaica: Government to review 2007 National Transport Policy
The Jamaican government would be reviewing the country’s National Transport Policy (NTP) during the 2018-2019 financial year. Tanya Bedward, the Director of the Projects Unit in the transport and...
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New ICAO SAM Plan to facilitate South American air transport development
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu emphasized that the new ICAO South American (SAM) Plan would be their strategic resource for the integration...
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UK cannot benefit from ETS in case of Brexit
The EU Institutions have settled on a safeguard mechanism for European emissions trading should Britain leave the EU ETS in March 2019 without an agreement in hand. The development is considered to be...
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UK flights urged to comply with EU environmental regulations after Brexit
UK flights must adhere to European Union environmental regulations after Brexit if Britain wants to keep its access to the European aviation market. Transport group Transport & Environment...
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Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, SESAR, sign Memorandum of Cooperation for...
The Civil Aviation Authority of Qatar has inked a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) project to attain more efficiency in the management of air traffic between...
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Major restructuring of UAE’s airspace eases air traffic congestion
The substantial restructuring of UAE’s airspace has opened up 150 new GPS “waypoints” for aircraft movement, in an ambitious bid to ease air traffic congestion, cut down on fuel costs and make way for...
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Heathrow Airport increases environmental charges by 7%
Heathrow Airport has risen the cost of environmental fees it levies on airlines by 7% in a bid to reduce its impact on the environment. The rationale behind the price change is to give carriers more...
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