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Passengers will pay for aircraft pollution?

London, UK - The proposal of British PMs

On July 30 there was a British cross-party Committee of PMs who proposed that every airline passenger should pay an "emission charge" to compensate for the pollution caused by their journey. The MPs said Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling, had "Significantly distorted and overstated" the economic benefits of flying, while playing down the environmental disorder provoked by aircraft. They marked...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 48705

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
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