Everyone's Talking About... Flygskam (flight shaming)

“21% OF EUROPEANS SAY THEY HAVE REDUCED THEIR FLIGHTS DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERS"

Source: UBS Global Aerospace and Airlines

(September 2019)

"Try and avoid travel altogether before thinking about compensating it”

Horst Bayer, Founder, Travelhorst

“I DON’T THINK ANYONE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF FLYING. FOR AROUND 80% OF FLIGHTS THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE OPTION”

Randy Tinseth, Marketing Vice President, Boeing

The fight against climate change is the greatest and most pressing challenge facing the modern world and aviation has a crucial role to play in tackling it”

Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport

“PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE IN HOW THEY TRAVEL AND PEOPLE ARE NOW THINKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL CARBON IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORT. BUT MANY PEOPLE STILL WANT TO FLY AND IF PEOPLE CHOOSE TO FLY WE WANT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST CHOICES THEY CAN MAKE”

Johan Lundgren, easyjet’s CEO

“Carbon offsetting can only be a bridge to future technological developments, and it will be important to seek out each and every way of reducing carbon emissions”

Jonathon Porritt, Co-founder of Forum for the Future