The global airline industry is resisting the EU proposal for charging a carbon dioxide emissions charge for flights passing over European airspace. The charge will be based on the entire length of the flight not just the part overflying European airspace, and would be passed on to the passenger – for example, on a flight from Hong Kong into Europe the surcharge would be in the order of $8 per passenger.

Ryanair’s policy of charging passengers who arrive at the airport without printing the pdf file of their boarding pass a surcharge of 40 euros, has been challenged by a Barcelona court . Ryanair has responded to these findings by threatening not to allow passengers without a boarding pass on board the flight.