India Opposes E.U. Airline Emissions Plan

Mumbai: India and 25 other nations including the U.S. and China have decided to oppose the European Union's plans to include airlines in its system to limit greenhouse gas emissions, according to a joint declaration.
The declaration was released by the Indian government late Friday after a two-day meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization in New Delhi.
The declaration opposes the E.U.'s plan to "include all flights by non-E.U. carriers to and from an airport in the territory of an E.U. member state in its emissions trading system," an Indian government statement said.
The potentially costly system of limiting emissions requires all airlines, from Jan. 1, 2012, to hold permits that allow them to emit carbon dioxide during any flight landing at or taking off from an E.U. airport.
03/10/11 Wall Street Journal

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Categories: Foreign Oct 2011, Indian Aviation- In General Oct 2011