How will we fly in the future? Pretty much as we do now, in as much discomfort and struggling to limit the damage to the environment. That was the conclusion I drew from the panel I chaired at the recent FT Weekend Festival – but piercing through that gloomy outcome were glimmers of sunshine.
People are certainly interested in flying’s future. Up against rival talks featuring historian Simon Schama, BBC presenter Mishal Husain and novelist Jeanette Winterson, I was concerned about how many would attend our session. I shouldn’t have worried. It was standing-room only to listen to Tom Mackay, chief financial officer of Virgin Atlantic, Sandra Bour Schaeffer, a leading Airbus engineer and innovator, and Gary Smith, head of transformation at easyJet. People care about flying and what will happen to it.
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