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China's Top Airlines Plan Lawsuit Against EU 2012 Carbon Tax

EUbusiness reports that China's top three airlines -- Air China, China Southern and China Eastern -- plan to jointly lodge a legal case with the China Air Transport Association against a European Union plan to impose a carbon tax from…

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2012, claiming it could cost them millions of dollars a year. China's aviation sector will have to pay an additional 800 million yuan ($122 million) a year after the EU starts levying a carbon emissions tax from next year on flights originating or landing in Europe, the Beijing News said.