(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Geneva, February 10 (QNA) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has hailed the decision by representatives at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to agree a carbon dioxide efficiency standard for commercial aircraft.
ICAO's Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection approved the standard that comes after six years of negotiations and technical work.
The Standard, to come into force from 2020, will ensure that CO2 emissions from new aircraft will have to meet a minimum baseline - defined as a maximum fuel burn per flight kilometre which must not be exceeded.
From 2023 this will also apply to existing aircraft designs still in manufacture at that date. (QNA)
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