EasyJet, Ryanair, and Wizz slam calls to exclude long-haul flights from contrail crackdown

Stuart Stone
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Budget carriers urge European Commission to ignore IATA suggestions that contrail reporting should be voluntary and only apply to flights within Europe

EasyJet, Ryanair, and Wizz Air have backed a joint letter to the European Commission urging Brussels to reject proposals from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for long-haul flights to...

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