Excerpt from: Europe Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy
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| March 07, 2008 | | American Airlines flew a plane with 5 passengers from Chicago, IL to London Heathrow’s airport. This flight consumed 22,000 gallons of fuel. | On February 9th, American Airlines flew a plane with 5 passengers from Chicago, IL to London, UK. The 777 plane used 22,000 gallons of fuel. American Airlines is being criticized for “reckless behavior” from Eco-friendly groups. The article stated “It is estimated that each passenger produced 43 tons of CO2 – consuming enough fuel to carry a Ford Mondeo around the world five times.” The flight cost £30,000. American Airlines stated “with such a small passenger load we did consider whether we could cancel the flight and re-accommodate the five remaining passengers on other flights. However, this would have left a plane load of west-bound passengers stranded in London Heathrow who were due to fly back to the US on the same aircraft. We sought alternative flights for the west-bound passengers but heavy loads out of London that day meant that this was not possible." Richard Dyer, Friends of the Earth's transport campaigner stated “Governments must stop granting the aviation industry the unfair privileges that allow this to happen by taxing aviation fuel and including emissions from aviation in international agreements to tackle climate change.” | | |
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