Airlines for Europe (A4E) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) have jointly called on the European Commission to ensure bold action in the upcoming Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP).
The organisations urge the EU and national governments to:
Reinvest ETS revenues into the decarbonisation of shipping and aviation.
Boost European clean fuel production and close the price gap.
Grant priority access to clean fuels for both sectors.
Simplify access to the EU Innovation Fund.
They stress that aviation and shipping are hard-to-abate sectors crucial to Europe’s competitiveness, energy security, and independence.
Accelerating the availability and affordability of clean fuels is seen as essential to maintaining Europe’s global leadership.
