Easyjet to unveil plans for a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions
Easyjet chief executive Andy Harrison will later this week unveil the airline’s plans for a 50% reduction in aircraft CO2 emissions by 2015.
At a special press conference tomorrow(Thursday), he is due to unveil “an important environmental milestone for aviation”.
Harrison will later give the keynote address at the IEA Low Cost Airline Summit, being held at London’s Waldorf Hilton.
His speech is entitled ‘In defence of the low cost carrier – responding to environmental concerns’.
By Bev Fearis

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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