Research: EU emissions trading will cost airlines €1.1bn in 2012

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Industry may fork out up to €10.4bn by 2020 under scheme to charge carriers per tonne of CO2 for flights in and out of Europe

Airlines will spend up to €1.1bn when they join the EU's emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) next year rising to €10.4bn through to 2020, a new analysis has found. The figures published yesterday correlate...

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