The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) is calling on the European Parliament for fairer treatment of the industry under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). In a position paper published this week, the industry group renewed an appeal for changes to proposals made in July it says would bring 383 additional business aircraft operators into the scheme’s remit by reducing the threshold for minimum levels of carbon dioxide emissions.
The proposals would replace the current EU-ETS distinction between commercial and non-commercial aircraft operators with a single de minimis threshold per company of 1,000 tonnes of CO2 annually. The European Commission also proposed that, from 2029, the EU-ETS would apply to all flights from the European Economic Area to third-country destinations within 5,000 kilometers (2,700 nm) of the EU’s geographical center.
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