Willie Walsh, chief executive of BA parent IAG, told analysts during a capital markets briefing on Friday (8 November) the group was considering whether the practice, which saves money but increases emissions, was sustainable.
Walsh’s comments came ahead of a BBC Panorama exposé on Monday evening (11 November) entitled Panorama: Can Flying Go Green?
Airlines “tanker” for various reasons such as mitigating fluctuations in fuel costs and disparities in fuel cost at different airports, and for operational reasons such as increasing the speed it can turn an aircraft around.
