including club competitions, and the shortest flight was just 27 minutes. one top manager admits it s an issue the game must now tackle. i think it s something we have to do better with. it s my personal opinion. that s not to say it is straight forward because there are different factors, but it s an area we can improve. but it s notjust the planes that take teams to fixtures. a positioning flight, as it s known, arriving at liverpool airport last week to pick up everton forjust a 35 minute journey south for that game against chelsea. one of 37 such flights, often largely empty, that we found evidence of in the two month window. premier league teams taking short domestic flights like this one, to and from matches despite it being worse for the environment than travelling by road or rail, has raised serious questions overjust how committed the top of the sport truly is to sustainability. last weekend, a positioning flight came all the way from inverness to take bournemouth to birmingha
the bbc s uncovered evidence that in just two months there were 81 domestic flights by premier league clubs across just 100 matches, including cup competitions, and that the shortest flight was just 27 minutes. one top manager admits it s an issue the game must now tackle. i think it s something we have to do better with, is my personal opinion. that s not to say it s straight forward, because there s factors, but i think it s an area we can improve. but it s notjust the planes that take teams to fixtures. a positioning flight, as it s known, arriving at liverpool airport last week to pick up everton forjust a 35 minute journey south for that game against chelsea, one of 37 such flights, often largely empty, that we found evidence of in the two month window. premier league teams taking short domestic flights like this one to and from matches, despite it being worse for the environment than travelling by road or rail, has raised serious questions overjust how committed the top of the sp
dan roan, has the details. everton arriving by coach for their match against chelsea at the weekend. but this was just the final step of theirjourney to stamford bridge, having flown to london for the fixture 24 hours earlier, and they re far from alone. the bbc s uncovered evidence that in just two months there were 81 domestic flights by premier league clubs across just 100 matches, including cup competitions, and that the shortest flight was just 27 minutes. one top manager admits it s an issue the game must now tackle. i think it s something we have to do better with, is my personal opinion. that s not to say it s straightforward, because there s factors, but i think it s an area we can improve. but it s notjust the planes that take teams to fixtures. a positioning flight, as it s known, arriving at liverpool airport last week to pick up everton forjust a 35 minute journey south for that game against chelsea, one of 37 such flights, often largely empty,
that we found evidence of in the two month window. premier league teams taking short domestic flights like this one to and from matches, despite it being worse for the environment than travelling by road or rail, has raised serious questions overjust how committed the top of the sport truly is to sustainability. last weekend, a positioning flight came all the way from inverness to take bournemouth to birmingham for a match against aston villa, the plane going on empty to liverpool. the next day, another positioning flight from aberdeen picked the team up and took them home before returning back to scotland. league one forest green rovers are known as the country s most sustainable club and its owner told me he was dismayed by ourfindings. i think it s shocking data injust two months. it s an illusion to think there is a game for a flight of that duration. you know, modern coaches are very comfortable and aren t going to impair the performance of a player over that
is to sustainability. last weekend, a positioning flight came all the way from inverness to take bournemouth to birmingham for a match against aston villa, the plane going on empty to liverpool. the next day, another positioning flight from aberdeen picked the team up and took them home before returning back to scotland. league one forest green rovers are known as the country s most sustainable club, and its owner told me he was dismayed by ourfindings. i think it s shocking data injust two months. it s an illusion to think there is a game for a flight of that duration. you know, modern coaches are very comfortable and aren t going to impair the performance of a player over that relatively short distance. the carbon impact is one thing and it might not be the biggest thing, but the optics, you ve got premier league teams setting a very bad example for the rest of the country. the fa says it s the responsibility of each club to make their own travel choices and some in the game point ou