UK airlines fail to meet climate targets

UK airlines have failed to meet nearly all current environmental targets. Only one has been met since 2000, according to research.

Charity Possible compiled the research and found airlines have failed to live up to the ‘grand-sounding targets.’ Possible said EasyJet was the only airline that met a single target. It reduced fuel burn per passenger kilometre by 3% by 2015.

In 2018 air travel generated 7% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.