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EU Emissions Trading Expansion And The Pressure On German Aviation Industry

EU Emissions Trading Expansion And The Pressure On German Aviation Industry Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Germany’s leading airline Lufthansa is closing its regional subsidiary CityLine, while low-cost carrier Ryanair is scaling back its Germany operations. Airport locations are under increasing pressure, with tens of thousands of jobs at stake. And how does politics respond to this veritable crisis? Naturally, with further levies. In this case, it was the EU Commission that came forward with the proposal to extend the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to international flights departing from Europe. Another new...
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