Some business jet operators flying in Europe may be required to add a new element to their flight planning and reporting documentation: impacts from contrail production.
“Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the European Union’s Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) requirements, which applies to existing U.S.-based flight departments if they have enough European flight activity to trigger compliance with the EU ETS (Emissions Trading System), will expand beyond CO2 impacts,” said Kennedy Ricci, president of 4AIR. “Their goal is to report ‘non-CO2 aviation effects,’ including your impact from contrail production to their [yearly] emissions report.”
Although the new mandate is limited only to some business aircraft operations, it may be time for operators that fly internationally to consider approaches to mitigating contrails.
