Major carriers — Air France-KLM, easyJet, Ryanair and DPDHL — have joined forces with prominent non-governmental organisations such as Transport & Environment in a “Fuelling Flight Initiative” meant to help advance a key draft EU law on sustainable fuels.
The Commission’s ReFuelEU Aviation proposal marks a tremendous step forward for fuels policy and integrates many of the best practices learned from the past decade of European experience, merging ambitious targets with a focus on advanced feedstocks and fuels. But airlines and green groups call for further improvement of the proposal.
T&E Contribution to the European Commission’s Public Consultation on VAT Rules for Travel and Tourism Sectors
Priority must be placed on tackling bottlenecks in cross-border rail infrastructure and supporting domestic clean fuel production.
Industry claims, often echoed by governments to justify airport expansion, that more flights benefit the economy, undermined by new research.