EU ETS dominates agenda at November airline meetings, starting with Assoc of Asia Pacific Airlines

The European Union's controversial Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was a major point of discussion at last week's Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) annual meeting and will certainly also be a hot topic at upcoming meetings for associations representing airlines in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. As the EU continues to insist on implementing the new tax from the beginning of Jan-2012, airlines outside Europe and their associations are not surprisingly stepping up their campaign against their inclusion in the scheme.