Ryanair (FR) will introduce a €0.25 ($0.32) levy per passenger per segment for all bookings made from Jan.17 to cover costs incurred from the inclusion of aviation in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) ( ATW Daily News, Dec. 22, 2011). Europe’s largest LCC said it estimates the EU ETS will cost it between €15 million ($19.1 million) and €20 million this year.
US Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Thomas Donohue called on Congress to make transitioning to a satellite-based, NextGen air traffic control (ATC) system "a top priority." Delivering his annual "State of American Business" address in Washington Thursday, the influential business lobbyist said upgrading ATC should be part of a "broader effort to modernize the nation's entire physical platform."
AirAsia X (D7) will suspend services to the UK and France from March 31, citing the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and escalating air passenger duty taxes.
Etihad Airways (EY) and airberlin technik signed a reciprocal agreement, under which airberlin technik will undertake maintenance of EY aircraft in Dusseldorf and EY will be responsible for all transit checks on Air Berlin aircraft in Abu Dhabi (AUH).
Momentum appears to be building toward removing barriers to foreign airlines investing in Indian airlines, potentially opening up a new source of capital for the country's struggling air transport industry.
United Continental Holdings (UCH) has reached a tentative agreement with the Assn. of Flight Attendants (AFA) for “numerous improvements,” including increased wages and a signing bonus for United Airlines (UA) flight attendants.
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MacroSolve Inc., a Tulsa, Okla.-based company that describes itself as a “pioneer in delivering mobile apps, technologies and solutions to businesses and government,” sued 10 major travel companies for patent infringement. The company was awarded a patent in October 2010 that “addresses mobile information collection systems across all wireless networks, smartphones, tablets and rugged mobile devices, regardless of carrier and manufacturer.”
Lufthansa (LH) will operate a scheduled Boeing 747-400 flight between Frankfurt and Washington Dulles Thursday using a biofuel blend. The carrier noted it will be the first scheduled commercial biofuel flight on a transatlantic route. It said the flight is expected to emit 38 tons fewer carbon dioxide (CO2) than a similar flight fully utilizing traditional jet fuel.
Hungarian state-owned Malev Hungarian Airlines (MA) must pay back the equivalent of up to $350 million in illegal state aid between 2007 and 2010, the European Union's competition watchdog said Monday.
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The EU has been further isolated from the world by last month’s ruling to include aviation in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) according to Airlines for America (A4A). “This further isolates the EU from the rest of the world and will keep in place a unilateral scheme that is counterproductive to concerted global action on aviation and climate change,” A4A said in an initial reaction.
The China Air Transport Assn. (CATA) is reworking its lawsuit strategy against the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in the wake of the Dec. 21 Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruling. “We won’t change our clear-cut stance of opposing the EU ETS, although we have to adjust our lawsuit strategy owing to CJEU dismissal of the Airlines for America’s argument,” CATA deputy DG Chai Haibo said.
Lufthansa has announced that it will include the full cost of the EU ETS in its fuel surcharge from Jan. 1, while warning that European-based airlines are now at a disadvantage. The airline estimates that the ETS will cost €130 million ($167.3 million) in 2012, and while there will be no immediate increase; the next fuel surcharge review will take into account that additional cost.
