Emissions trading system
From 2012 onwards aviation will be included into the European Emissions Trading System (ETS). Effective from then Austrian Airlines will have to submit emission allowances for all the CO2-Emissions produced by them. The ETS will be applied to all flights within, to and from the EU. To avoid competitive disadvantages for European Airlines, a global ETS is the only possible alternative. The ETS will require an enormous amount of surveillance from the airlines. The monitoring of the ton kilometres’ and CO2 emissions is in progress since January 2010.