Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson yesterday urged the air transport industry to "accelerate the pace at which we reduce aviation's impact on the environment" and called for the creation of a new system of aircraft departures to help address the problem.
Virgin Atlantic Chairman Richard Branson yesterday urged the air transport industry to "accelerate the pace at which we reduce aviation's impact on the environment" and called for the creation of a new system of aircraft departures to help address the problem. "We cannot ignore that aviation does create environmental problems (around 2% of global CO2 emissions), although equally it produces significant economic and social benefits (8% of the world's GDP)," Branson said in a letter addressed ...
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