Here’s How a New Fuel Requirement for Cruise Lines Could Raise Airline Ticket Prices
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The International Maritime Organization's new pollution standard has finally gone into effect. While we broadly know how it will affect the cruise sector, less certain are its consequences for the airline industry.
With a new year comes a big new change for the cruise and shipping industries: A hard-won rule intended to limit air pollution went into effect on the first of the year. Commonly referred to as IMO 2020 — in reference to the UN's International Maritime Organization that imposed it — it will have an effect on the type of fuel that all shipping companies have to use to be environmentally compliant.
While the consequences for the cruise industry are apparent, there's another, unintended side effect:
