ERA is committed to supporting a transition to more sustainable aviation. To achieve this requires utilising a basket of measures and the association is therefore active on a number of environmental initiatives, including the EU ETS, CORSIA, the European Green Deal and Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs), to ensure they are fit for purpose for the industry and can make a real contribution to reducing aviation's environmental footprint.
See also our sustainable aviation pages here for more information on our sector and our members' environmental initiatives.
ReFuelEU Aviation vote delayed
25 May 2023: This week, RefuelEU Aviation was supposed to be ado
AZEA Steering Committee – third meeting
25 May 2023: The third meeting of AZEA Steering Committee,
Virtual ATAG meeting on carbon offsetting
16 May 2023: The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) is prepa
Public consultation on Net Zero Industry Act delayed to 27 June
Council and Parliament reach agreement on ReFuelEU Aviation
ERA webinar on the non-CO2 effects of aviation
2 May 2023: There is currently a general interest in focuss
European Parliament approves Emissions Trading System reform
EU proposal for a Directive on Green Claims
5 April 2023: The ‘Green Claims’ proposal aims to address g
Political agreement reached on RED III
4 April 2023: The EU co-legislators have reached a provisio
CountEmissions EU initiative update
14 March 2023: The CountEmissions EU initiative is likely t
Second call for proposals under Clean Aviation
17 February 2023: Clean Aviation has published its se
RLCF Alliance round tables kick off
23 January 2023: The RLCF Alliance, a broad initiative to e
ATM/ANS environmental report
19 January 2023: The ATM/ANS Environmental Transparency Working Group was es
Updates on ReFuelEU Aviation trilogues
10 January 2023: The third trilogue on the ReFuelEU Aviatio
Political agreement reached on EU ETS Aviation
12 December 2022: The European Council and Parliament reach
Energy Taxation Directive joint letter
6 December 2022: A4E, ACI Europe, ASD, CANSO Europe, EBAA, ERA,
AZEA holds first General Assembly
29 November 2022: AZEA – the Alliance for Zero Emission Avi
AZEA membership list released
30 September 2022: The European Commission (DG DEFIS) has releas
Open letter to Fit for 55 interinstitutional negotiators
6 September 2022: European aviation associations – ACI EURO
Countries support global ‘Net-zero 2050’ emissions target at ICAO talks
26 July 2022: After four days of deliberations, ministers and of
UK sets out strategy to reach net zero aviation
26 July 2022: The UK has set out its strategy to reach
Alliance for Zero-Emission Aviation
27 June 2022: The European Commission formally launched the
EUROCONTROL’s 'Objective Skygreen' 2022–2030 report
1 June 2022: EURCONTROL has published its published its 'Ob
EUROCONTROL Aviation Sustainability Briefing
31 May 2022: EUROCONTROL has published the sixth edition of
EUROCONTROL’s outlook on flights and CO2 forecasts
19 April 2022: EUROCONTROL published its Aviation Outlook 2
T&E’s roadmap to climate-neutral aviation
22 March 2022: The NGO Transport and Environment (T&E)
TRAN’s draft report on the Energy Taxation Directive
23 February 2022: The Committee on Transport & Tourism has p
ICAO CAEP’s conclusion on the LTAG for international aviation
22 February 2022: ICAO’s Committee on Avaition Environmenta
Destination 2050 - latest updates for members
9 February 2022: Following publication of the Destination 2050 i
ERA’s position on Fit for 55 proposals
10 December 2021: ERA has published its position on the rel
First study on use of 100 per cent SAF
30 November 2021: ERA members Airbus and Rolls-Royce, alongside
Ff55 progress report from the Slovenian Presidency
30 November 2021: The Slovenian Presidency has published a progr
ART meeting with Commissioner Valean and French Minister Djebarri
17 November 2021: On 16 November, ERA took part in an Aviation R
UK lowers APD for domestic flights
16 November 2021: While several European States are announcing i
Swedavia introduces CO2 emission charge
16 November 2021: From 1 January 2022, Swedish airport oper
23 countries sign the International Aviation Climate Ambition Coalition
11 November 2021: Representatives from 23 countries la
EUROCONTROL’s Aviation Sustainability Briefings
2 November 2021: In October 2021, Eurocontrol published its
14 German organisations propose short-haul flight ban
21 October 2021: In Germany, 14 organisations from the environme
Updates on EASA’s environmental label
19 October 2021: An airline working group on the EASA environmen
EUROCONTROL’s data snapshot on sustainability
5 October 2021: Following the summer’s traffic, on 21 Septe
Alliance on Zero Emission Aviation
7 September 2021: The European Commission has launched a co
EUROCONTROL study on climate change risks for EU aviation
6 September 2021: Eurocontrol has published its study on cl
ITF report: Decarbonising Air Transport
31 August 2021: The International Transport Forum has published
Decarbonising Transport. A Better, Greener Britain
22 July 2021: The UK Government has set out its commitments and
UK aviation industry sets new interim targets
29 June 2021: The UK aviation industry has set new interim
Climate law rejected in Switzerland
29 June 2021: The carbon emissions law adopted by the Swiss
EUROCONTROL’s data snapshot on sustainability
15 June 2021: EUROCONTROL has published its 11th data
EUROCONTROL Stakeholder Forum on sustainability
27 May 2021: EUROCONTROL Stakeholder Forum on electrific
ICCT paper on tankering and SAFs
19 May 2021: The International Council on Clean Transportation (
EUROCONTROL Think Paper on the perfect green flight
20 April 2021: On 20 April, EUROCOTNROL published its 10th
European Environmental Agency’s Train or Plane? Report
24 March 2021: In light of the Paris Agreement and the European
European Commission launches European Innovation Council
ECAC’s fourth environmental forum
27 January 2021: On January 19, 20 and 21 ECAC hosted the fourth
Update on aviation’s non-CO2 effects
9 December 2020: The European Commission has requested that the