Ryanair allows its passengers pay for airline emissions by introducing a new fee.From next Tuesday, January 17, Ryanair will charge a fee of 0.25 euros per passenger. The fee will cover Ryanair's costs for the EU's emissions trading scheme.
Ryanair passengers expected in 2012 to pay between 15 and 20 million through the levy.
Ryanair does not believe that the European aviation will be included in the ETS scheme, as it accounts for less than 2 percent of the EU's carbon emissions. This EU tax rate will harm the aviation, tourism, European competitiveness and employment in a time when no other economic associations include aviation in its ETS scheme. It reduces the competitiveness of the airlines within the EU even further by yet another misguided "environmental tax" that does nothing for the environment, but instead of punishing European consumers and families, said Ryanair's Stephen McNamara Communications.
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