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We brits are some of the worlds most frequent flyers. One in 12 passengers on all International Flights last year held a uk passport more than any other nationality. Ive just come back from las vegas. From las vegas 7 how many times did you fly this year . Probably about six. Six times . Thats quite a lot. Yeah. I never flew when i was little, so im making up for it now. Probably four times a year. And what kind of distances do you fly . The further the better. Pan am. Things are going great. Its all a far cry from the days of the first passenger flights, when the rich and famous jetted off to exotic destinations. Back then, flying was glamorous, but expensive. Fly with us to chicago on continental airlines. Well do a little more for you a lot faster to make this the nicest flight youve ever flown. Today, weve embraced the era of cheap seats. 30 years of low fares. With over 200 destinations to choose from. Worldwide passen ....
How easy would it be for airlines to stop tankering . We are flying more than ever before. Well, we think very easily. During our trip we took its clearly crazy that we burn around 20 flights. Unnecessary amounts of c02 it was like 15 tonnes which, on a per flight basis, of carbon that we created. Result in very small cost savings. But these seem to be some our passion for plane travel really easy wins is warming the planet. That could be quickly fixed. Climate change is a really pressing issue, and were absolutely clear that we have to reach net zero but when the savings are totted up, its lucrative. Its estimated it saved emissions by 2050. Airlines in europe almost £230 million last year. Tonight, we investigate how the industry is trying to clean up its act. Ba said its common industry practice nappies, plastic, cardboard. For operational, safety well take that and well turn it into Sustainable Aviation fuel. And price ....
The money will go a lot its really thought went on to take for granted nice to see that specific goodness of biofuel its always the ordinary people that pay and companies should take more responsibility for the state of the promise climate campaigners say that the Aviation Industry is responsible for nearly 5 percent of Global Carbon emissions the french government says of the new eco tax will raise grow 200000000. 00 a year money they say that they will spend on less polluting modes of transport such as rail the eco tax has already proved unpopular with some investors shares an air france fell after the announcement last year fridge present demand or mark or scrapped plans for a similar eco tax on diesel fuel that sparked months of yellow face protests but some activists welcomed the move by france governments historically have seen aviation as a bit of a no go area intens ....
Anything else here in keeping the pressure on iran the French Military has admitted that antitank missiles found during a raid in libya belonged to the french army the u. S. Made javelin missiles were recovered from the warlord holy for half time space on the outskirts of tripoli French Military saying the missiles were intended for the self protection of a French Military unit deployed for Counter Terror operations in libya but documents found with the ammunitions suggest they belonged to the u. A. E. When they know these are the u. S. Made weapons and these are the chinese made weapons the contract written on them comes from the United Arab Emirates the last one we have found modern weapons while lib ....
A promise i made not only to the sicilians but the italians the biggest Migrant Center in europe a business of dozens and dozens of millions of euros and it had become as proven by the Prosecutors Office assented base for the nigerian mafia for drug dealing prostitution theft and stolen goods aggression violence rape and homicide and polygon yet i was considered to be crazy when as a minister i promised i would shut it down because it was a Center Housing more than 4000 people in the past we kept reducing those numbers and today its 0 the u. S. Is urging turkey to stop Drilling Operations off the coast of cyprus the warning comes after im cross sent a 2nd ship to drill for oil and gas on monday cyprus is divided between an internationally recognized republi ....