European airline emissions are on course to exceed pre-pandemic levels this year, underlining the aviation industry’s struggle to decarbonise as it lobbies Brussels for looser green rules.
Carbon dioxide emissions from flights by European airlines are set to reach 195.2mn tonnes this year, according to forecasts from environmental group Transport & Environment, 4 per cent above 2019 levels.
That volume would be above the 187.6mn tonnes produced by the sector last year, when the industry made a near complete recovery to pre-pandemic levels of flying according to T&E.
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