French President is repored to have said recently that he supported calls to set ceilings on CO2 emissions from airlines, as their ecological imprint could no longer be ignored. EU is considering plans to limit the carbon emissions from airlines from 2011. As per EU aircraft emissions  are only about three percent of the global total, but the emissions saw increase by 87 percent since 1990. The increasing number of low-fare airlines  across Europe has intensified the issue.Source:news.yahoo.com. The news is here. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070626/sc_afp/franceenvironment_070626173118