Tag: CO2
The Aviation Enters to the Race for the Biofuels
Due to rising oil prices, major aircraft manufacturers of the world unite their efforts in finding a profitable biofuel. The first three of them, the European Airbus, the Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer, fierce competitors, have teamed up to promote research. “There is a time for competition, and a time for cooperation,” said Jim Albaugh, president [...]
The presidents of Airbus and Boeing criticized the European rate of C02
The presidents of Airbus, Tom Enders, and Boeing, Jim Albaugh, took today its participation at the annual meeting of the aviation industry in Geneva to criticize harshly the rate ETS, which will tax the airlines using the airspace of the European Union (EU) for their CO2 emissions. “The ETS does not make sense. Will cause [...]
ALTA expressed the Latin-American frustration by the European rate of CO2
The commercial aviation industry in Latin America is “frustrated” by the European decision to impose a C02 emission rate to aircraft using their airspace, the rate of the Regime of Emission Trading (ETS). “In Latin America there are a lot of frustration, no doubt,” he told Efe the executive director of the Latin American and [...]
