French domestic flights will be interrupted if the direct flight is less than two hours and thirty minutes by train: this is the new law, if approved, would force airlines to cancel most domestic flights. The bill, drafted by the Climate Commission established by Emmanuel Macron, is part of a package of environmental laws that set the goal of reducing emissions by 40% by 2030, reopening the debate on climate problems.
The air traffic percentages compared to the years before the pandemic showed the image of a constantly busy sky and on its shoulders the responsibility to produce 2% of greenhouse gas emissions and 12% only in the transport sector.
The Air transport action group (Atag) has stated that sustainable aviation fuels are good candidates for achieving the industry’s climate goals by reducing the carbon footprint of aviation fuel by up to 80%.
Michael Gill, the Executive Director of Atag says that only with the support of governments and technology can the aviation sector reach zero emissions within a decade or so, moving from the use of fossil fuels to sustainable ones by accelerating research in this area.
The forerunner was the American company Boeing that aims to travel totally green by 2030. What partially hinders this progress are the costs that must be cut down in favour of a future on our planet.
