FUELLING CHANGE

As the news on global warming heats up, making the airline industry more sustainable is a growing priority

WORDS JENNI REID

The latest aircraft types have more efficient engines, lighter frames and reduced wing drag ‘First-class hypocrite!” blared UK tabloid the Mail on Sunday’s front page after Emma Thompson was spotted on a flight to New York. The reason for the outrage? The actor was travelling days after attending the Extinction Rebellion protests in London, which called for radical action to tackle climate change. Concern over the effects of carbon emissions on the planet are not new, but as scientific warnings get more dire and schoolchildren around the world strike to demand change, it has never been so urgently discussed. Aviation’s role in all of this is no secret – it causes about 2 per cent of manmade global emissions, a figure predicted to rise rapidly. And the more pleasant your airborne experience,…

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Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2019

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