Europe can’t go it alone on carbon cap

GLOBAL airlines and foreign governments are crying foul over a European Union-imposed scheme that forces all carriers to pay for the carbon they emit during flights to and from the region. If this pushes air fares up – and there is a good chance it will – travellers are going to be just as upset.

In 2008, the European Union said it intended to charge all airlines flying in and out of Europe for carbon emissions, by adding aviation to the bloc’s market-based carbon trading scheme.