Airbus og Boeing sammen imot EU`s ETS

Brothers` in Arms mot EUs Emission Trading scheme:

Boeing has joined Airbus in criticising the EU’s Emission Trading Scheme.

Last week Airbus, together with several other companies, called on European leaders to take action and prevent a possible trade war developing. China is believed to be withholding the go-ahead on a number of Airbus orders worth $12 billion.

Speaking in Geneva yesterday, Reuters quoted Jim Albaugh, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, “This is not about Boeing and Airbus; it is about what is best for our customers and how we are going to get the whole industry to reduce its environmental footprint….I don't think the European ETS approach is the right one. We need to have a standstill on this and work with ICAO and get some international rules in place that everyone can sign up to, and ones that will drive us to make the investments we need to improve the efficiency of airplanes”.