The Assn. of European Airlines (AEA) responded to the Moscow declaration by warning again that airlines are at risk of becoming a target for retaliatory action in the escalating dispute over inclusion of aviation in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
“This situation is totally unacceptable. Airlines must not be taken hostage by politicians or be forced to compete with serious market distortions,” said AEA secretary general Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus. “We urgently need both sides to focus on the core objective—managing global aviation emission—rather than on winning a battle of sovereignty.”
“It is not right to attempt to force the EU to change their law. Nor is it right to impose European standards on the rest of the world,” he added, stressing that “ICAO is, without a doubt, the way forward. Countries must move away from retaliation and counter-retaliation and instead come up with concrete, short-term actions towards a resolution. Then ICAO can deliver.”
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