CO2 levy on flights is ‘unworkable’
28 August 2012
The Institute of Travel Management (ITM) has branded as unworkable a government proposal for a voluntary carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions levy on airline tickets.
The Department for Transport (DfT) suggested the scheme in a written response to a report on the aviation industry by the House of Commons environmental audit committee.
A similar strategy to the government-backed emissions scheme in Germany “may merit further investigation”, it noted.
A DfT spokesman told SM: “It was a suggestion only and we have not...