Business aviation leaders are decrying a call by certain UK political leaders to ban business jets from UK airports and encourage electric technologies as a means to address climate concerns.
Andy McDonald, shadow transport secretary for the British Labour Party, this week backed such restrictions in a statement asking, “Why is the government enabling billionaires to trash the climate when it’s the rest of us who will suffer the consequences?” and then adding, “Climate targets cannot be met without curbing pollution from air travel, and a passenger on a private jet produces 10 times the emissions of someone on a regular flight. This simply cannot be ignored.”
McDonald added that electric advancements will be possible in a few years’ time—as long as governments put in the proper “incentives”—and also said the Labour Party would examine proposals closely and consult with industry on a phaseout of the use of fossil fuels.
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