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The decision by cargo airline comes as a surprise, as the proposed tax comes into existence only in 2013.

New Delhi Faced with European Union’s decision to impose a carbon tax on all flights operating in its skies, India and 22 other countries, including Russia, China and the US, have decided to retaliate with a series of measures which would impose heavy costs on European airlines and plane manufacturers.

A joint declaration to this effect was unanimously adopted at a meeting of these countries in Moscow earlier this week, which asked the EU and its member states that they ‘‘must cease application of the directive 2008/101/EC to airlines/ aircraft operators registered in third states’’.

Faced with European Union’s decision to impose a carbon tax on all flights operating on its skies, India and 22 other countries, including Russia, China and the US, have decided to retaliate with a

Will launch series of measures that will cost European airlines and plane makers heavily

Faced with the European Union's decision to impose a carbon tax on all flights operating on its skies, India and 22 other countries, including Russia, China and the US, have decided to retaliate with a series of measures which would impose heavy costs on European airlines and plane manufacturers.