US Carriers Challenge Legality of EU ETS
by Geoffrey Thomas (Eco-Aviation Today) US Air Transport Assn. American Airlines, Continental Airlines and United Airlines initiated a legal challenge in the UK High Court of Justice against aviation’s inclusion in the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme, arguing that it violated the Chicago Convention, the Kyoto Protocol, the US-EU open skies agreement and is “contrary to the customary international law principle that each state has complete and exclusive sovereignty over the airspace above its territory.”
The lawsuit was filed against the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Most US carriers are assigned to the UK for participation and compliance in the ETS. All US carriers, most non-EU airlines and even some EU carriers submitted their initial emissions monitoring plans, scheduled to begin Jan. 1, under protest. The UK Dept. of Energy and Climate Change said it “will robustly defend the EU legislation that the UK called for in order to tackle aviation emissions.” READ MORE
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