The European Parliament voted Tuesday to bring into the fold of its cap-and-trade system all airlines that fly to or from Europe beginning in 2012.
The vote caused an uproar from non-EU carriers struggling against high jet fuel prices that show no sign of abating. Aviation trade associations promised to fight the legislation in the courts, arguing the action is illegal and will be of little environmental benefit.
"The EU's unilateral grab of power over U.S. and other non-EU airlines wherever they are in the world is a clear violation of the Chicago Convention," James May, president and CEO of the Air Transport Association, a trade group representing U.S. carriers, said in a statement. "The EU decision to move forward with this legislation is sure to spawn a legal challenge."
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