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Tuesday 06 October 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 9:42 pm

Iata against airline accusations

By: admindrupal

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The International Air Transport Association has (Iata) urged governments against using taxes on airlines as a quick-fix solution to cutting emissions. It said the industry was wrongly charged by environmentalists as the “bogeyman of climate change” and viewed by policymakers as a “cash-cow for much-needed revenue” to cope with the downturn.

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