India warns EU over airline carbon tax

India has made a veiled threat to ban EU airlines from its airspace if Brussels goes ahead with sanctions against Indian airlines in a dispute over carbon tax.
Dozens of countries, including the US and Russia, have attacked Brussels for making all airlines flying into the EU subject to its carbon emissions trading scheme from this year.
Last week Indian and Chinese airlines refused to share data with the EU on how much carbon they had emitted in 2011 - the most serious revolt against Brussels' scheme to charge carriers for their pollution.
The airlines - two from India and eight from China - risk being banned from flying to EU countries if they persistently refuse to comply with its carbon emissions trading scheme. As yet, the bloc is not actively considering sanctions.
Ajit Singh, civil aviation minister, said in an interview with the Financial Times on Wednesday: "Travelling is always a two-way traffic. If they can impose sanctions so can other countries."
24/05/12 Moneycontrol.com

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Categories: Foreign May 2012, Indian Aviation- In General May 2012