Bhima Sheridan, a real estate agent from Berkeley, and his wife haven't taken a commercial flight since late 2018. They plan to avoid flying throughout 2020 to help reduce environmental harm. 'If you look at global emissions, they keep rising.'
In response to such concerns, airlines are promoting their efforts to offset emissions by paying to plant trees or funding renewable energy projects.
Airlines for America, a trade group for U.S. air carriers.Airlines for America, responded: “We are confident that when our passengers know the facts about our environmental record and all we do to connect the world, they will remain proud to fly,” spokesman Carter Yang said. which supports tree planting efforts, the preservation of forests in Brazil and the construction of renewable energy plants, among other projects. JetBlue promises the carbon-neutral efforts will not raise air fares.Germany’s Lufthansa launched a business fare where the emissions of European flights are automatically offset for corporate customers starting in 2020.
American Airlines, the world’s largest carrier, created and filled a new managing director position in November to oversee the company’s sustainability program. Among other efforts, American Airlines says it has added more fuel-efficient planes to the fleet, cut the weight of the planes by eliminating unnecessary items and reduced the time planes run their engines while taxing.
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