The ten points for more climate-friendly flying were produced by Föreningen Svenskt Flyg (Swedish Air Transport Society) on the basis of the report with conclusions and recommendations that the aviation environmental committee presented to Svenskt Flyg. A summary in English can be downloaded below.

 Summary conclusions and recommendations

Svenskt Flyg and its members will continue its work of implementing the ten points and contribute to disseminating knowledge about aviation and the environment by increasing its collaboration with the stakeholders of Swedish aviation.

 We are in favour of an open an constructive debate about aviation and the environment with all the aviation stakeholders. Many parts of society agree that aviation plays an important financial, social and cultural role. But they also agree that aviation has a negative impact on the climate and the environment. Aviation's impact on ecological sustainability must be reduced in order for aviation to continue its contributions to society's development. A constructive and positive collaboration between all aviation stakeholders is necessary to tackle the challenges of the future.

 We are in favour of efficient financial incentives. Well designed financial incentives will play an important part in reducing aviation's impact on the climate and the environment and in letting aviation grow in step with market demand. We are in favour of including aviation in the European system for trading carbon dioxide (CO2) emission rights (ETS) as soon as possible. It goes without saying that the aviation industry should participate in the trading system on the same terms as companies in other industries. We regret that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has not yet adopted a joint strategy to reduce aviation's impact on the climate. We will work to globalise the trade of emission rights.

 We are in  favour of constructive, joint European demands on aviation's impact on the environment and the climate. Aviation is an international industry that will not benefit from different regulations in different countries or continents. Our request for an international harmonisation of the rules should not be interpreted as if we want to delay implementing measures until those rules are in place. On the contrary, there is every reason to take the lead and present best practices, in Sweden as well as in Europe. Sweden presents several good practices, e.g. Green Flights that have attracted interest from other countries. A joint European approach and strategy should be in place even before aviation becomes part of the European CO2 emission rights trading system in 2011. We also intend to work to compensate the growth in aviation traffic with measures to limit the emissions in Swedish aviation in 2020 to today's level.

 We are in favour of political decisions in Sweden and Europe that lead to a more efficient use of European airspace. The European airspace is badly structured, leading to long flight routes, unnecessary pollution and risk of disruptions in traffic. The trials with Green Flights at Stockholm Arlanda Airport show that it is possible to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 400 kilos per landing. Therefore, we would like to see Swedish aviation collaborating with the legislators and the relevant government agencies to streamline the European airspace. That would improve efficiency in the air transport system and could reduce European aviation emissions by twelve percent.

 We are in favour of better public transport to airports. For domestic travel, aviation is an important part of the Swedish public transport system. For international travel, aviation is the public transport system. Air travel is part of the travel chain that includes at least one other mode of transport aside from aviation. Aviation is dependent on the collaboration with other modes of transport and, hence, that their infrastructure and traffic flows maintain a high standard and develop. Good transition between modes of transport is good for the traveller and strengthens both the Swedish and the international public transport system.

 We are in favour of an effective, transparent competition between different modes of transport. This benefits both the consumer and the environment. Aviation primarily competes with other modes of transport in domestic travel. Aviation can maintain its competitive pricing as a consequence of the industry's cost effectiveness. This puts pressure on other modes of transport that, in the long term, leads to a supply that is on par with the travellers' demand. Thus are created effective transports with the smallest possible environmental impact. Interchangeability between modes of transport for large parts of domestic traffic is beneficial to the customers who thereby freely choose their mode of transport on the basis of several criteria, like time gained, environmental impact, comfort or price.

 We support further investments in technological development. We need more R&D to develop new technology that will enable us to create more energy efficient air travel with better environmental impact. Swedish avation is a world leader in its field and is developing the technology that aims to halve fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by 2020. The prominent position of Swedish aviation in R&D is based to a great extent on the positive collaboration with government in R&D projects. Strengthening these joint efforts would very much benefit the work on climate impact. The growing impetus on change also makes for a higher pace of innovation than ever before.

 We feel that research must continue on the use of alternative fuels. R&D investments and developing alternative fuels may contribute to solving the environmental and climate issues in aviation. Such investments will also benefit other parts of society, enabling aviation to contribute indirectly to reducing other sectors' climate impact. In this case as well, positive collaboriation between the market and the state is important for success.

 We feel that all parties in the aviation industry should adopt measures to reduce environmental and climate impact. One individual company, e.g. an airline or an airport, cannot on their own influence developments to any great extent. But they can contribute by implementing the best technology available and taking steps to reduce their own emissions. By collaborating with other parts of the industry and society at large, they can create synergies and reduce emissions and climate impact in several ways.

 We feel that it is important to offer travellers the possibilty of climate neutral travel. Today, SAS and LFV offer their customers the opportunity to compensate for their trip's climate impact, even prior to the aviation industry becoming part of the European trading system for CO2 emission rights. Many institutional customers also demand that their employees' travel is compensated for climate impact. There are a number of systems for CO2 compensation in the market. In order for our travellers to feel secure that their climate compensation really leads to a reduction in CO2 emissions, it is important to have it quality assured by an independent third party.