THREE of Europe's biggest budget airlines have hit out at new draft European Union (EU) proposals to exempt long-haul airlines from rules that would require them to monitor their non-CO2 emissions.

The EU is introducing landmark rules that will force airlines to measure and report their impact on global warming from non-CO2 emissions.

In a joint statement, Ryanair, Wizz Air and Easyjet said: "The bottom line is that we absolutely cannot end up with a blank dataset for the entire extra-EEA (European Economic Area) portion of European aviation - this outcome would be both counterproductive and detrimental to climate action."

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