News Digest Item
03 Mar 2017

“No support for budget airlines”

Frankfurter Rundschau

Supporting the business of budget airlines through tax exemptions or low landing fees hinders the transition towards a decarbonised transport, writes Frank-Thomas Wenzel in an opinion piece in Frankfurter Rundschau. “If we want a resolute climate protection, we have to make flying as exclusive as it once was,” writes Wenzel. Ryanair had announced that it plans to expand its new base at Frankfurt airport.

Also read the CLEW dossier The energy transition and Germany’s transport sector.

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