Sentences with phrase «aviation fuel by»

New proposals include lowering taxes on diesel and aviation fuel by half and further reductions in corporate taxes for small and medium - sized business.

Not exact matches

For instance, the share values of airline companies can be dramatically influence by sudden changes in the price of aviation fuel.

«At the most basic level the taxation of aviation fuel is governed by international law and can not be changed at a whim,» he said.

He said: «In continuation of the counter insurgency, the air component in the last one month conducted 286 operational sorties against terrorists» targets from 25 December to date in the Sambisa forest covering an area of 157,000 km2 which is equivalent to the total land mass of South Korea, Portugal and Togo in a total of 536 hours, 21 minutes were flown by various platforms engaged in the operations, «This translates into 316,637.5 litres of aviation fuel which amounts to N60.3 million, excluding the cost of maintenance and armament expended.»

It would raise funds by hiking tax on alcohol and tobacco by 50 per cent, raising fuel duty by 8 per cent annually, and introducing VAT and fuel duty on aviation.

Unfortunately, I am having a difficult time reconciling the green washing of her campaign with my understanding her lifestyle is supported by revenues of the Bluesky Ranch and its year - long, continuous consumption of aviation fuels for purposes of recreational skydiving.

Driven by security and environmental concerns as well as skyrocketing oil prices — United Airlines more than doubled its fuel surcharge per ticket to $ 50 on January 12 — the aviation industry continues to cut back on fuel burn as it searches for cleaner, cheaper alternatives.

The technology could also supply a source of renewable jet fuel required by recent European Union aviation emission regulations.

Ian Poll, professor of aerospace engineering at the Cranfield University in England, in a recent lecture covered by the Times of London called for a «big research program to help the aviation industry convert from fossil fuels to nuclear energy.»

Recently, the U.S. set an awful example by blocking the European Union's carbon charge on aviation fuel which was based on WTO environmental provisions.

Pilots, air traffic controllers, aircraft designers, and other aviation experts are being charged to solve this incoming category of issues by designing fuel - efficient vehicles, overhauling takeoff and landing schedules, and raising the price of air travel.

He said Garuda Indonesia's losses were mainly caused by the price hike in aviation turbine fuel (avtur) as spending on the fuel rose last year by 54 percent from $ 189.8 million to $ 292.3 million.

The fuel was supplied by SkyNRG, an aviation biofuels company, and made by Dynamic Fuels, a producer of «next - generation» fuels made from used cookingFuels, a producer of «next - generation» fuels made from used cookingfuels made from used cooking oil.

Powerful impetus from other sectors is enough to keep oil demand on a rising trajectory to 105 mb / d by 2040: oil use to produce petrochemicals is the largest source of growth, closely followed by rising consumption for trucks (fuel - efficiency policies cover 80 % of global car sales today, but only 50 % of global truck sales), for aviation and for shipping.

By contrast aviation fuel, which is mainly exempt from the carbon tax, 4 did not follow this pattern; its sales changed about equally in BC and the rest of Canada during this period — further suggesting that the carbon tax contributed to the differences in the use of the other (taxed) fuels.

Manfred Treber, senior adviser climate / transport, Germanwatch said: «The Kyoto Protocol adopted in 1997 had stated that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) should pursue the limitation or reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol from international aviation, the IMO should do this for emissions from marine bunker fuels.

More broadly, a carbon tax would not just move shipping and aviation down the fossil fuel demand curve; it would create a new, lower demand curve by boosting every substitute for, and every alternative to, high - carbon activity.

NextGen should also reduce the aviation industry's environmental impact, saving more than 1.4 billion gallons of fuel from air traffic operations alone, and cutting carbon emissions by nearly 14 million tons by 2018, the FAA says

Can you find some Law that can be applied in the case of airplanes using fuels with confidential formulas, only because these fuels are in use by military (but are also being used in civil aviation)?

The Air Force is calling for half its domestic aviation needs to be satisfied with biofuels by 2016 (see «Green Shades of Jet Fuel» below).

The fuel efficiency of civil aviation can be improved by a variety of means including technology, operation and management of air traffic.

Toward Sustainable Aviation Fuels (October, 2015) Commercial aviation accounts for 2 percent of global carbon pollution, a figure projected to grow to between 3 and 4.7 percent by 2050 without concerted action to curb emissions.

Other options include the transfer of IMF - created «special drawing rights» (reserve assets created by the International Monetary Fund that countries can exchange for hard currency) from rich to poorer countries, redirecting harmful fossil - fuel subsidies, reducing spending on ballooning military budgets, and taxing aviation and shipping.

Yet, according to ICAO's 2013 projections, shown in the graph below, emissions from the aviation industry are set to grow 200 % -360 % on current levels by 2050, including the maximum use of lower - carbon alternative fuels.

These factors include, accounting for non-CO2 gases generated by the combustion of aviation fuel (i.e. sulphur and methane), flying through certain types of clouds, and even flying at night.

Improvements in the fuel economy of aircraft have declined to 1 % a year or less, greatly outstripped by the growth in aviation.

Now we hear that Air New Zealand, whose previous efforts on biofuels for aviation have already caught our attention, has set a goal of using one million barrels of «environmentally sustainable» fuel annually by 2013.

With those remarks at the heart of his State of the Union address - and a 2012 Budget proposal to back them up - President Obama drew a line in the sand and articulated a vision of American economic renewal fueled by key investments in the kind of public - private partnership that brought us the railroads and jet aviation, microchips and the Internet, countless biomedical breakthroughs and a portfolio of clean energy alternatives.

This tax refund case set the precedent in the interpretation and construction of local Philippine taxation laws on imposition of excise taxes to aviation fuel purchased by international carriers for consumption outside the Philippines and its treaty obligations arising from the Chicago Convention and various bilateral air service agreements with other countries.

(Like many major carriers, American has been plagued by the rising cost of aviation fuel; its parent, AMR, reported a $ 286 million loss in the second quarter this week.)

«We are bound by the 1944 Chicago Convention and subsequent protocols that forbid us from taxing aviation fuel» (HL Deb vol 617 col 1195 18 October, 2000).

While Art 14 (1) states that member states shall exempt from taxation energy products supplied for use as aviation fuel other than in private pleasure flying, Art 14 (2) gives member states the discretion to apply a refuelling tax for domestic purposes subject to the tax level being below that set by the Energy Products Directive.

Counsel to a leading international aviation ground services provider in a matter involving injuries sustained by accidental jet fuel release.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AMERICAN AIRLINES, Bethany Beach, DE Mar 2012 — Present Pilot • Successfully thwart a potential terrorist attack from one of the passengers while onboard, by recognizing the signs and alerting the authorities before landing time • Maneuver the aircraft away from harm by avoiding the path of a hurricane which descended without warning • Manage pre-flight checks of instruments and engines to ensure compliance with set aviation rules • Ascertain that all safety systems are up and running and that any glitches are taken care of • Determine best route to reach destinations based on weather reports and other concrete information from air traffic controllers • Oversee fueling duties to ensure that they are properly being carried out • Prepare aircraft for take - off and communicate status of flight to crewmembers and passengers • Monitor in - flight data and make adjustments to deal with changing weather patterns • Handle flight emergencies by ensuring passenger safety first and ensure that no panic is created onboard • Create flight plans detailing altitude, routes and amount of fuel needed • Communicate with ground staff to obtain clearance for landing • Ascertain that noise regulation is handled properly during take - off and landing