Europe's New Environmental Rules Will Mean Higher Costs For Airlines

Jens Flottau Helen Massy-Beresford July 16, 2021
Sustainable aviation fuels
Sustainable aviation fuels are forming a key part of Europe’s emissions-reduction plans.
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With a Europe-wide aviation fuel tax, changes to emissions trading and a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate, airlines are digesting the broad-ranging content of the European Commission’s proposed new “Fit for 55” sustainability legislation. One thing is certain: The new rules will mean higher...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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