"Consumers deserve clear information about the true impact of air travel" (Michael McGrath, Commissioner)

21 European airlines have committed to modifying their practices regarding their environmental communication and reducing the environmental impact of their sector, the Commission announced on 07/11/2025.

This was the result of a dialogue between them and national consumer protection authorities from Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, and Spain through the CPC (Consumer Protection Cooperation) network. On 30/04/2025, both Commission and these national consumer protection authorities started action against airlines for misleading greenwashing practices. This action aims to ensure alignment of the commercial practices across the air travel sector with EU consumer legislation. Indeed, Articles 5, 6, and 7 of the Directive concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market prohibit unfair commercial practices in the form of misleading actions and omissions.

Under this new agreement, the airlines involved, including Air France, Brussels Airlines, EasyJet, Lufthansa and Ryanair, could no longer claim that the CO₂ emissions of a specific flight could be…