Aviation

Airline insists modest levy is needed to cover €15m cost of complying with EU emissions trading scheme

Historic flight planned as German carrier calls halt to domestic trial that has saved 1,471 tonnes of CO2 since July

Industry body fires first shot in potential trade war with declaration of non-compliance

Carriers will have to buy permits for every tonne of CO2 emitted on flights into and out of EU airports

Scheme will go ahead from January 1 after case brought by US airlines is dismissed

European Court decision will follow preliminary ruling rejecting US complaints over aviation's inclusion in the EU emissions trading scheme

Republican efforts to block US airlines' involvement in EU emissions trading reach the Senate

Official confirms final ruling on whether it is legal to make airlines join emissions trading scheme will be made on 21 December

Biofuels could meet half the world's jet fuel needs, entrepreneur says at launch of new industry sustainability rankings

"It may be that aviation is the place we use fossil fuels," Lord Adair Turner tells London conference