European Parliament

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Political agreement on European airspace reform receives lukewarm response from airlines

12 March 2024 Christopher Surgenor

After two decades of attempts to improve the performance of Europe’s fragmented air traffic network through better airspace integration, the...

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Inclusion of SAF in new climate legislation for EU cleantech industry welcomed by aviation sector

26 February 2024 Christopher Surgenor

A European aviation industry coalition has welcomed the inclusion of sustainable aviation fuel as a ‘strategic net zero technology’ under...

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European Parliament adopts rules to stimulate supply of sustainable aviation fuels

13 September 2023 Christopher Surgenor

The European Parliament has approved the ReFuelEU Aviation regulation that will oblige fuel suppliers to blend increasing levels of sustainable...

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EU member states and Parliament reach agreement on SAF mandate and adopt ETS Aviation reform

26 April 2023 Christopher Surgenor

Political progress has been reached on two key pieces of legislation to bring the European aviation sector into line with...

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European Parliament and Council reach compromise agreement on changes to the Aviation EU ETS

12 December 2022 Christopher Surgenor

The EU’s Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on revisions to the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)...

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Airlines and NGOs welcome European Parliament SAF vote to exclude food and feed crop-based biofuels

12 July 2022 Christopher Surgenor

A plenary session of the European Parliament has voted to adopt a report aimed at increasing the uptake of sustainable...

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European Parliament vote to extend EU ETS to all international flights risks global climate agreement, warns IATA

9 June 2022 Christopher Surgenor

As part of measures to revise the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to bring aviation in line with the...

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Parliamentary committees respond to European Commission proposals on EU ETS changes and SAF mandates

23 February 2022 Christopher Surgenor

Two draft reports on European Commission proposals to amend the Aviation EU ETS directive and introduce a regulation to kickstart...