Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms

UK aviation industry seeks sweeping regulatory rollbacks, citing war-induced fuel crisis and rising operational costs. | Contesto: cronaca

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• Airlines demand UK relax noise rules and cut flight tax as fuel shortage looms

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Major airlines are urgently lobbying the UK government to suspend key environmental regulations, relax noise restrictions, and slash aviation taxes, warning that the war in the Middle East threatens to trigger a jet fuel shortage and send operational costs soaring. A confidential list of demands, submitted to ministers and the Civil Aviation Authority, calls for immediate intervention to safeguard the industry's financial stability. The requests represent a direct appeal to pause core pillars of the UK's climate and consumer protection framework for aviation. The proposed measures are sweeping. At the top of the agenda is a call to suspend the UK's participation in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a cornerstone of the nation's strategy to price carbon and incentivize airlines to reduce their greenhouse gas output. Simultaneously, carriers are pushing for a relaxation of strict night-flight quotas at major airports like Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted, rules designed to limit noise pollution for millions of residents. The industry argues these constraints hamper operational flexibility at a critical time. Beyond environmental rules, the lobbying effort targets passenger rights and taxation. Airlines are seeking temporary alterations to compensation regulations that mandate payouts for significant delays and cancellations, suggesting the current regime may become untenable amid potential widespread disruption. Furthermore, they are pressing for a reduction in Air Passenger Duty (APD), the tax levied on all departing passengers, which they label a burdensome cost increase passed directly to consumers. The collective asks frame these regulatory costs as existential threats in the face of unstable fuel supplies and spiking prices. The industry's case hinges on the volatile situation in the Middle East, a key global transit corridor and a region influencing world oil markets. Conflict has raised the specter of supply chain interruptions and price shocks for aviation turbine fuel, which typically constitutes one of an airline's largest operational expenses. Carriers contend that without government relief, they will be forced to absorb these costs or pass them on to...

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