Azerbaijan, Baku, August 25 / Trend /
There will be no problems for Azerbaijani airlines to fly to Europe, the government said on August 25. Earlier, the European Union had published a list of airlines that it recommended to monitor emissions.
"At present, Azerbaijan is buying new aircrafts, which correspond to European standards. Therefore, there will be no problems in making flights to Europe," the source said.
The EU has published a list of 4,000 airlines that are recommended to monitor emissions. This list includes Azerbaijani Airlines, Silkway, MIL Azerbaijan, SW Business AV, as well as Azerbaijan Airlines JSC.
Under a new order, on January 1, 2010, all airlines making flights to EU must monitor harmful emissions from their aircrafts and bring them into accordance with the new EU ecological standards by 2012.
The list also includes aircarriers from various countries, such as Lufthansa, U.S Airways, Emirates, Alitalia, Quantas, etc. Air Force and Russian Emergency Ministry planes were also included.
Among Russian air carriers are 'Aeroflot', 'Atlant-Soyuz', 'Transaero', 'Sibir' and its charter branches - 'Globus', 'SkyExpress', 'UTair' , 'KD Avia', Gazpromavia.
The need for voluntary-compulsory participation in the program has arisen because, on a background of successful cuts in CO2 emissions and other harmful gases in other spheres in the aviation industry, the rate of these cuts is increasing fast. So as not the jeopardize the success of the entire ecological program, the aviation companies have been presented with a choice - either being their fleet into line with the new condition, or no more flights to the EU.
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