New Delhi: Faced with European Union’s decision to impose a carbon tax on all flights operating on its skies, India and 22 other countries, including Russia, China and the U.S., have decided to retaliate with a series of measures which would impose heavy costs on European airlines and plane manufacturers.
A joint declaration to this effect was unanimously adopted at a meeting of these countries in Moscow earlier this week, which asked the E.U. and its member States that they “must cease application of the Directive 2008/101/EC to airlines/ aircraft operators registered in third States.”
Through the directive, the E.U. has included all flights operating on its skies in the Emission Trading System (EU ETS) for payment of the carbon tax for CO2 emission. The directive has been effective from January this year.
Indian carriers that fly to Europe — Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher — may end up having to pay millions of dollars annually on this count as it requires them to pay 15 per cent of the cost of compensating for the CO2 (carbon dioxide) emitted during landings or take-offs from Europe.
24/02/12 PTI/The Hindu
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