EASA welcomes ICAO adoption of new CO2 emission standards for aircraft

EASA welcomed (07-Mar-2017) the ICAO Council's adoption of a new aircraft CO2 emissions standard designed to reduce the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate, on 06-Mar-2017. Air transport is the first industry sector globally to adopt a CO2 emissions design certification standard. EASA led technical work on the development of the standard for the past six years. The standard will apply to new aircraft type designs from 2020 and to aircraft type designs already in production as of 2023. In production aircraft which do not meet the standard by 2028 will no longer be able to be produced unless their designs are sufficiently modified. EASA is in the process of implementing Annex 16 amendments agreed at ICAO's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection into European legislation. The EASA Notice of Proposed Amendment is currently out for comment and the EASA Opinion is due to be delivered to the European Commission in summer 2017. [more - original PR]