AVIATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ·“ EXTERNALITIES” a large fraction of current aviation health and welfare impacts are real costs to society but are not accounted for by the providers or users of the service The government's objectives for aviation are that. the polluter should pay and aviation, like other industries, should meet its external costs, including environmental costs (From UK Department of Transport, Aviation and the Environment, Using Economic Instruments, March 2003) @2003 WaitzAVIATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS • “EXTERNALITIES” – A large fraction of current aviation health and welfare impacts are real costs to society but are not accounted for by the providers or users of the service “The government’s objectives for aviation are that…the polluter should pay and aviation, like other industries, should meet its external costs, including environmental costs.” (From UK Department of Transport, Aviation and the Environment, Using Economic Instruments, March 2003) © 2003 Waitz 5