ICAO Council adopts new CO2 emissions standard for aircraft

ICAO Council adopted (06-Mar-2017) a new aircraft CO2 emissions standard, intended to reduce the impact of aviation greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate. The aircraft CO2 emissions measure represents the first global design certification standard governing CO2 emissions for any industry sector. 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 do not meet the standard by 2028 will no longer be able to be produced unless their designs are sufficiently modified. [more - original PR]