President Barack Obama signed a bill on Tuesday shielding US airlines from paying for each ton of carbon their planes flying into and out of Europe emit, despite a recent move by Europe to suspend

The Maldives on Tuesday decided to terminate the contract given to the GMR group for development and management of Male airport. The move drew sharp reactions from India and the GMR group.

Fifty years ago, the Juhu airport was declared a green zone in spite of it being home to India’s first civil aviation airport.

The European Union (EU) announced on Monday deferring plans to charge a carbon tax on passengers flying to and from its 27 member countries.

EU-AIRLINES-ETS-CARBON-EMOSSION:EU Commission freezes airline carbon emissions law

The European Union will freeze for a year its rule that all airlines must pay for their carbon emissions for flights into and out of EU airports, the EU executive said, following threats of international retaliation. Flights within the European Union will still have to pay for their carbon emissions. The year-long exemption will apply to flights linking EU airports to countries outside the bloc, a move welcomed by U.S. and Asian officials.

The European Union will freeze for a year its rule that all airlines must pay for their carbon emissions for flights into and out of EU airports, the EU executive said, following threats of interna

Raises hopes that the bloc may stand down from applying its controversial law that forces all airlines to pay for their pollution

The European Union welcomed on Friday progress made by the U.N.'s civil aviation body toward a global deal to cut carbon emissions from the sector, raising hopes that the bloc may stand down from applying its controversial law that forces all airlines to pay for their pollution. The governing council of the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), based in Montreal, discussed on Friday how it could deliver a global approach to tackling airline emissions.

To make Indian skies more environment friendly, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has for the first time come up with a detailed aviation carbon footprint report.