Feb 18 2020
Our 2019 Annual Report published today looks back on a year when declarations of climate emergency, Greta Thunberg’s refusal to fly and a growing European flight shame movement, combined to make aviation’s climate impacts the subject du jour. This saw …
Feb 4 2020
Today, Sustainable Aviation has published its carbon roadmap which commits the UK industry to net zero emissions by 2050. While the industry has set the right level of ambition, following on from the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC’s) advice last …
Jan 14 2020
In response to reports that the Government is considering cutting APD on all domestic flights in order to save Flybe from having to cease operations, AEF Deputy Director Cait Hewitt said: “With aviation growth posing a threat to the UK’s …
Dec 17 2019
Have they included aircraft emissions? It’s the question we ask ourselves every time we see a new climate commitment, whether that’s airports saying they’re going carbon neutral, businesses and states committing to ‘net zero’, or claims about successful carbon cutting …
Dec 4 2019
In April, AEF responded to the first part of the Aviation Strategy consultation: Annex A. This proposed that the Government should be given powers to force through airspace changes in cases where airports had not pursued changes which the Government …
Nov 21 2019
Airlines currently seem to be jostling to come out with the most impressive headlines on climate commitments. EasyJet this week declared its aim to be the world’s first major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its entire network. Last month …
Nov 6 2019
In July this year, the Environmental Audit Committee launched an inquiry into the environmental impacts of travel and tourism, and how these can be reduced. AEF submitted written evidence to the inquiry, highlighting that a significant proportion of tourism’s environmental …
Oct 30 2019
The Government must suspend any increase in UK airport capacity until it has developed a climate change plan for aircraft emissions. The call for an immediate moratorium is set out in a letter to the Secretaries of State for Transport …
Oct 9 2019
AEF responded to the Department for Transport’s consultation Carbon offsetting in transport: a call for evidence which closed on 26 September 2019. The consultation outlined a proposal to require all air travel providers and other providers of ticketed travel to …
Sep 24 2019
The Government should reassess its airport capacity strategy in the context of making aviation emissions net zero by 2050, the CCC has told the Transport Minister Grant Shapps in a letter to the Government today. The UK legislated in June …