Will aviation give the EU ETS a lift next year?

With aviation falling under the EU Emissions Trading Scheme next year, European airlines are already hedging their exposure in the carbon markets. Vanya Dragomanovich looks at the potential impact on the emissions markets

Aviation, which now accounts for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions covered by the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), will fall under the remit of the scheme from January next year and airlines landing in the EU will have to show they have carbon emissions allowances (EUAs) to cover those flights.

As European airlines prepare to comply with the EU ETS, estimates for how many EUAs they