Letter

Europe needs all airlines to join the fight against climate change

February 4, 2022

Four airlines - easyJet, Ryanair, Jet2 and Wizz Air - and Transport & Environment appeal to European decision makers to extend carbon market to all departing flights.

The aviation industry must decarbonise by 2050, but this can only be achieved if all airlines participate in tackling climate change, which requires the same rules to apply to all flights departing from European airports, regardless of their destination.

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