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August 10, 2009
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Each month ATW's Eco-Aviation Today brings you the latest environmental news and trends affecting the world’s airlines and tell you how the air transport industry is working to reduce its impact on the planet. Do you have friends or colleagues who might find this information useful? If so, please forward this newsletter along to them or click here to sign them up.
ETS deadline extended The Aug. 31 deadline for operators into the EU to submit their monitoring plans under the Emissions Trading System has been thrown into confusion by the UK's announcement that it does not have "a firm and agreed list" of operators to be regulated by each member state. [MORE] ETS regulation is 'a dog’s breakfast' "The devil is in the detail, and the detail is a dog's breakfast." That is how one senior airline executive describes the EU Emissions Trading System, with layer upon layer of confusion dealing with various regulators. "Just one of the problems is that one of our domestic subsidiary regional airlines has been listed by one EU country, which we do not fly to, because it took delivery of an aircraft that transited that country," the executive claimed. "This is just one example of the task in front of airlines." [MORE]
WWF calls for green change away from business travel WWF-UK last month launched its "One in Five Challenge" to persuade businesses and governments to reduce their business travel by 20% by 2014. Officially launched on July 20 with five founder members including heavyweight companies such as Capgemini UK, Marks & Spencer and Vodafone UK, the program is highlighting that 25% of businesses in the UK now are measuring their carbon footprint. [MORE] UK leads in EU airline carbon emissions UK-based RDC Aviation published a comprehensive guide to the percentage share of airline CO2 emissions for EU countries for June 2009. The UK is out in front, accounting for 25%, followed by Germany with 18% and France 13%, Spain 12% and Italy 8%. Not surprisingly, London Heathrow is the major airport for CO2 emissions--almost double that of the next airport, Frankfurt. However, Lufthansa just pips out British Airways and Air France as the largest airline emitter. [MORE] Widespread use of biofuels seen as answer to aviation emissions New report from UK-based Policy Exchange claims that wide-scale deployment of sustainable biojet fuels would result in emission reductions worth £37.4 billion ($62.4 billion) in the UK between 2020 and 2050, as well as making a significant contribution to meeting the UK's 2050 emission reduction target. [MORE] Biofuel group adds airlines Sustainable Aviation Fuel Users Group, an airline-led industry working group, added several new carriers to its membership. Alaska Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, TUIfly and Virgin Blue have joined current airline members Air France, Air New Zealand, ANA, Cargolux, Gulf Air, Japan Airlines, KLM, SAS and Virgin Atlantic Airways. Boeing and Honeywell's UOP are associate members. [MORE]
Other News Qantas criticized the Australian government's emissions trading scheme UPS, ATW's 2009 Cargo Airline of the Year, adopted a plan to cut its CO2 emissions Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Tony Tyler accused the UK government NASA's Innovative Partnerships Program and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation announced the Green Flight Challenge [MORE] |
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