De grenzen zijn pas weer geopend, of we worden weer om de oren geslagen met flashdeals en vliegtuigtickets aan dumpingprijzen. Is het als reiziger nog ecologisch verantwoord om even lustig te vliegen als voor de pandemie?
T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring
CO
2 emissions from private jets in Europe increased by nearly a third (31%) between 2005 and 2019, rising faster than commercial aviation emissions, according to a new report from environmental campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E).
The report,
Private jets: can the super-rich supercharge zero emission aviation?, finds that private jets are 10 times more carbon-intensive than airliners on average, and 50 times more polluting than trains in terms of CO
2 emitted per passenger-km.
According to the report, a four-hour private flight emits as much as the average person does in a year. T&E points out however, that private jet owners, who have an average wealth of €1.3 billion, could be part of the solution by paying for the development of greener technology that can help accelerate innovation and clean flying for everyone.