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Can aircraft operators and third parties display similar flight emission values to the FEL?
Can reports for EU ETS, CORSIA and ReFuelEU be used to report for the FEL?
Have existing ICAO standards been taken into consideration? As these have been approved by 192 member states, are we risking duplication?
Will the Flight Emissions Label be used for cargo flights?
Will there be an option for aircraft operators to exit the scheme once enrolled?
How would wet lease operations be accounted for? The leasing airline usually has no operational control over fuel consumption of the leased aircraft.
If an airline is able to improve its emissions performance during the label validity, will they still be required to display their existing label score?
Will labels only be provided for direct flights or will routes with stopovers be included? Or would 2 labels be required for stopovers?

Will the Flight Emissions Label be used for cargo flights?

Updated February 09, 2026 08:35

The current scope of the Flight Emissions Label is to include passenger flights only, with specific allocations of emissions to the belly cargo carried on these. However, the methodology is designed to be directly applicable to dedicated cargo operations and these will fall into the scope of the FEL starting 2028.