FIATA, CLECAT Seeking Global Deal This Week on Aircraft Emissions
There needs to be a global emissions solution that allows the airfreight market to look forward to a more predictable and sustainable business environment in the future, said international and European freight forwarders' associations FIATA and CLECAT. The groups said they're hopeful ICAO's member countries will agree this week on the details of a global market-based measure during the ICAO General Assembly in Montreal.
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"We have good reason to be optimistic," said FIATA Past President William Gottlieb, who is representing the freight forwarding industry in Montreal, because ICAO Secretary General Raymond Benjamin has said publicly he's "confident" a global accord will be reached by the end of the meeting.