Some airlines create the wrong impression that by paying an additional fee to support 'greener' aviation fuels, consumers can balance out the CO2 emissions of flying. Photograph: Getty Images
Booked a flight lately? Some airlines are giving “mixed” and “misleading” messages about their sustainability, Europe’s consumer rights body, BEUC, has said.
You could be persuaded that flying was a good thing, such is the blather on some airline’s websites. With talk of “green fares”, “sustainable aviation fuels”, and projects to offset emissions, travellers can be led to believe flying is a sustainable form of transport not a highly polluting one, says BEUC, which is an umbrella group for 45 independent consumer organisations from 32 countries.
In 2023 BEUC and 23 of its members filed a complaint denounci
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