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"Chinese airlines' opposition to the Emissions Trading Scheme hasnot changed, and Chinese airlines will not abide by the systemwithout being ordered to by the government," said Chai Haibo,deputy secretary-general of the association. Chai said Chinese airlines are following an order that the CivilAviation Administration of China issued in February, forbiddingthem from abiding by the ETS without first receiving thegovernment's permission. "The government has not released any new orders pertaining to thisissue," Chai said. "So the carriers will follow the currentorders." Several government departments are working on a plan to deal withcarbon emissions in general, not just those coming from theaviation industry, he added. Eight Chinese airlines, along with two of their Indiancounterparts, have not submitted 2011 carbon emission data to theEU yet, whereas 1,200 carriers in the world have already handedover the reports, Connie Hedegaard, EU climate commissioner, saidon Tuesday. According to the EU's schedule, airlines should submit their carbonemission data for last year by the end of March and will be chargedtaxes on those emissions starting in March 2013, after this year'scarbon emissions have been assessed. Several Chinese airlines, including Air China Ltd, China SouthernAirlines Co Ltd and China Eastern Airlines Co Ltd, appear on theEU's tax list. Hedegaard said the 10 Chinese and Indian airlines that have yet tosubmit the data emit less than 3 percent of the industry'sgreenhouse gases. She declined to identify the airlines. The European Union will impose punishments on them if they do notreport the data by mid-June, said Hedegaard, China News Servicesreported on Wednesday. The airlines could be fined or even banned from flying to Europe,business insiders said. Chinese airline officials said they are not worried by the threatof punishment. Hainan Airlines is adamant that it will follow the government'sorder and is acting in unity with other airlines, said Dong Jun,manager of the public relations center of Airlines Holding Co Ltdof HNA, a company on the EU's tax list. "Chinese airlines will march in step with the government and we arenot worried about the EU's warning," said Luo Zhuping, secretary ofChina Eastern Airlines' board. Airbus SAS reported in March that $12 billion worth of orders fromChina had been suspended. "We hope the EU will go back to doing things the right way andtrying to resolve this issue through negotiations," Chai said. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China Industrial PC Workstation , Industrial Motherboards Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Industrial Panel PC today!
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