Jet Zero: Sustainable Air Travel

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Can flights hit net zero by 2025 and at what cost to passengers?

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Jet Zero is a vision where air travel is carbon neutral thanks to new technology and green ventures that offset the environmental impact.

One passenger taking an economy-class flight from London to New York generates 309kg of carbon dioxide, which would take roughly a year to absorb via 10 mature trees.

For UK emissions alone you’d need a forest almost the size of Wales .

The Labour government wants all domestic flights and airport operations to reach zero emissions by 2040 .

The Jet Zero Strategy estimates that this, together with other fuel efficiency improvements, could cut emissions by as much as 15% by 2050 .

But the National Air Traffic Services ( NATS ) caution that these changes are neither easy nor quick.

The prospect of replacing jet engine-powered long-haul flights is, however, remote.

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