Jul 15 2019
With the UK expected to leave the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS), which includes intra-EU flights, after Brexit, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has been consulting on the Future of UK Carbon Pricing, and, specifically, a …
Jul 12 2019
AEF has responded to the Civil Aviation Authority’s consultation ‘Airspace change: a decision-making process for PPR (planned and permanent redistribution of air traffic) proposals’ following the DfT’s instruction to develop a new process for these changes. The consultation closed on …
Jun 20 2019
AEF has responded to a wide-ranging consultation on the Government’s future aviation strategy. The Aviation 2050 Green Paper was published last December, and the consultation was originally due to close on 11thApril, but the deadline was extended partly to allow …
Jun 17 2019
On 12th June Theresa May committed the UK to net zero emissions by 2050. With aviation representing the hardest sector to decarbonise, what will this mean for how – and how much – we fly in future? No radical technical solutions …
Jun 13 2019
In the final weeks before stepping down as Prime Minister, Theresa May has brought forward legislation that would amend the current UK commitment to cut emissions by at least 80%. Replacing it is a new target to make a reduction …
May 2 2019
The UK should amend its legislation to commit to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the CCC has advised, and this target should include the UK’s share of international aviation and shipping emissions, and be met through domestic action …
May 1 2019
Today the High Court ruled against all 5 applications for judicial review of the Airports National Policy Statement, the official policy document in support of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The Government has described it as “one of the …
Apr 12 2019
AEF has responded to Annex A of the Government’s draft Aviation Strategy. This part of the consultation sets out a proposal for Government to be given powers to force through airspace change in cases where airports have not pursued changes …
Apr 4 2019
The Government is currently consulting on its long-term strategy for UK aviation, including its environmental policies, and published a consultation on its Green Paper last December. Originally due to close in April, the Government announced at the beginning of March that …
Mar 26 2019
Earlier this month the Government’s Spring Statement announced plans to consult on whether airlines (and other travel providers) should be required to offer passengers the opportunity to voluntarily offset their carbon emissions, claiming this would give people the option of …