EU Commissioner Rebuts Calls for Business Jet Restrictions

EU Commissioner Rebuts Calls for Bizjet Restrictions

Transport ministers from Austria, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland have backed taxes to reduce carbon emissions from business aviation flights.

Adina Vālean, EU transport commissioner — European Union transport commissioner Adina Vālean. (Photo: European Parliament from EU, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

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By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

June 5, 2023

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