EU to debate how to apply aircraft emission rules

Paris

MORE than 18 months after global regulators adopted emissions rules for commercial aircraft, the European Union is embroiled in an internal debate over how they should be applied in a row that could have consequences for current Airbus models.

The European Parliament and EU member states will meet on Wednesday to try to bridge differences over how far European authorities should be limited by last year's pact at the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Last year's Montreal agreement sets limits on emissions from all new aircraft from 2020 and will be phased in for deliveries of existing models of aircraft from 2023, but environmentalists have said that it does not go …