Every Tuesday we cover the previous week’s developments in European aircraft VAT, customs, aviation taxes, EASA rules and emissions trading. For each item: what happened, why it matters for owners and operators, and the source. No noise, and nothing presented as settled before it is.
The first Council debate on the ETS review that would bring most business jets into the scheme, and a French budget that reaches the floor without changing the business-aviation solidarity rates. Plus NBAA-BACE and the dates to watch before year-end.
Published Tuesday 20 October 2026 · 4 min readEnvironment Council debate on 12 October; PLF 2027 in plenary; NBAA-BACE; on the radar to December.
API/PNR for commercial business aviation from 1 October; the PLF 2027 filed; the ETS debate scheduled.
Regulation (EU) 2026/2108 in force; report n° 3189 on the TSBA; Spain’s EU levy proposal; EASA CS-25 NPA.
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