IATA CEO Wants Help, Not New Taxes, in Bid to Cut Airline Emissions
Photo Credit: The sun and an aircraft. The CEO of IATA wants government help not new taxes. Flickr / Bernal Saborio
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If governments are serious about reducing the environmental impact of aviation, they may have to make biofuels a more attractive alternative. However, this might come at the cost of taxing ordinary jet fuel, something that will likely upset a lot of airlines.
Airlines are facing increasing scrutiny over their damaging environmental impact and are having to search for ways to reduce their carbon emissions.
At the moment this mainly comes from efficiency improvements in newer aircraft and controversial carbon offsets but some countries, like France, are bringing in taxes to try and fund greener forms of transport. Not everyone agrees, however.
“If you look at what taxes have done in terms of our environment I will tell you nothing. They do nothing. When government
