Cost of EU ETS reporting errors revealed
ETS Aviation reports that an error in emissions data monitoring of as little as 1–2 per could cost a small European airline operator up to €1m for the 2012–2020 reporting cycle. The company has also announced two separate initiatives. In the first, it has joined forces with Aerobytes to launch a new process aimed at streamlining the carbon emissions reporting process. Airlines affected by the impending European Union Emissions Trading Scheme regulations are required to submit their first reports by the end of 2010. Eddie Forrester, managing director of Aerobytes, says, “We realised that the process of collecting this information and converting it into the required format was an unrealistic burden to place upon individual airlines. Consequently, we have modified the fuel monitoring component of our Flight Data Monitoring (FDM/FOQA) system so that it can collect and store the required information automatically. More importantly, we have also introduced new functionality so that this information can be submitted to Aviation Footprinter (an online system specifically designed to support ETS through data management, verification and auditing).”
In a second venture, ETS Aviation has linked its Aviation Footprinter system to Flight Operation System (FOS), developed by Computer Technologies for Aviation (CTA), giving customers the opportunity to record flight and emissions data via one system simultaneously.
