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24-01-2024, 03:52 PM
UPDATED JAN 23, 2024, 7:32 PM SGT
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With global air travel almost completely recovered from the pandemic, cutting emissions is once again the industry’s No. 1 challenge. The low-cost, low-luxury business model that democratised air travel in recent decades has now become an unlikely template for reducing pollution.
This is because budget airlines’ obsession with lowering weight in order to save fuel – by installing paper-thin seats, ripping out business-class thrones and ditching heavy extras like booze and blankets – also happens to produce the best emissions metrics in the skies.
The five airlines in the world that emit the fewest pollutants per passenger are all low-cost carriers
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Wizz Air Holdings, the Hungary-based carrier that mostly serves Europe and the Middle East, leads the pack. Major brands including Delta Air Lines, Cathay Pacific Airways and British Airways, which is owned by IAG, belch out almost twice the amount of emissions for every passenger they carry
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Without an overhaul, aviation will not achieve its mid-century emissions reduction goals. Its share of carbon dioxide (CO2) output is set to balloon as other segments decarbonise – to an estimated 22 per cent by 2050 from about 2 per cent today if emissions are not cut fast enough.
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Airlines that fail to take sufficient action risk fines and tighter regulation. Fuel levies are already being rolled out in Europe, a jurisdiction that is leading efforts to make flying kinder to the environment.
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It may be fuel-efficient, but the budget flight movement has also driven a boom in air travel demand because of the bargain ticket prices. Low-cost carriers were responsible for almost 90 per cent of growth in fuel use and CO2 emissions from United States airlines between 2005 and 2019
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It is time for more punitive measures, according to Dr Rutherford. There is “clearly” a need for policies such as a tax on frequent fliers or a price on carbon
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/no...ner-future
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With global air travel almost completely recovered from the pandemic, cutting emissions is once again the industry’s No. 1 challenge. The low-cost, low-luxury business model that democratised air travel in recent decades has now become an unlikely template for reducing pollution.
This is because budget airlines’ obsession with lowering weight in order to save fuel – by installing paper-thin seats, ripping out business-class thrones and ditching heavy extras like booze and blankets – also happens to produce the best emissions metrics in the skies.
The five airlines in the world that emit the fewest pollutants per passenger are all low-cost carriers
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Wizz Air Holdings, the Hungary-based carrier that mostly serves Europe and the Middle East, leads the pack. Major brands including Delta Air Lines, Cathay Pacific Airways and British Airways, which is owned by IAG, belch out almost twice the amount of emissions for every passenger they carry
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Without an overhaul, aviation will not achieve its mid-century emissions reduction goals. Its share of carbon dioxide (CO2) output is set to balloon as other segments decarbonise – to an estimated 22 per cent by 2050 from about 2 per cent today if emissions are not cut fast enough.
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Airlines that fail to take sufficient action risk fines and tighter regulation. Fuel levies are already being rolled out in Europe, a jurisdiction that is leading efforts to make flying kinder to the environment.
......
It may be fuel-efficient, but the budget flight movement has also driven a boom in air travel demand because of the bargain ticket prices. Low-cost carriers were responsible for almost 90 per cent of growth in fuel use and CO2 emissions from United States airlines between 2005 and 2019
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It is time for more punitive measures, according to Dr Rutherford. There is “clearly” a need for policies such as a tax on frequent fliers or a price on carbon
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/no...ner-future
