Recital 16

Directive (EU) 2023/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards aviation’s contribution to the Union’s economy-wide emission reduction target and the appropriate implementation of a global market-based measure (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(16) Supersonic commercial flights ceased to be available, inter alia, due to the disproportionally elevated environmental damage they caused. Nevertheless, current trends show intensive research into the re-introduction of supersonic aviation. The positive correlation between the speed of travel and the level of emissions due to fuel burn justifies treating subsonic flights differently from supersonic flights. Therefore, it is appropriate to exclude possible future supersonic flights from the support provided under this Directive for non-fossil fuels.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.