Consultation on environmental fees and charges for NI aeroplane operators

Views sought on proposed fees and charges for international aviation to outside the EEA by NI registered aeroplane operators

The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is consulting on proposed fees and charges for CORSIA for NI registered aeroplane operators.

CORSIA is the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation. International governments have adopted CORSIA to stabilise net CO2 emissions from international aviation from 2021.

If a flight takes off from a UK airport and lands in an airport outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), this flight is subject to CORSIA. Internal flights within the UK and to the EEA are subject to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.

CORSIA obligations came into force on 26 May 2021 for UK administered aeroplane operators.

The purpose of this consultation is to seek views on proposals to establish a new charging policy for fees and charges associated with the administration of CORSIA for Northern Ireland registered aeroplane operators by NIEA from May 2022.

DAERA has previously consulted on fees and charges associated with the UK ETS in February 2021, but this only included charges associated with aviation activities within scope of the UK ETS.

Find out more about the consultation and how to respond.

The consultation will remain open until 23:59 on Monday 11 April.

First published 8 March 2022