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Free train tickets among proposals to reduce aviation emissions

Air
Will Payne
10 July 2023

A campaign group is challenging the government and airlines to do more to reduce aviation’s carbon footprint by giving passengers realistic journey times when booking – and free train tickets.

The airlines will engage in negotiations on the possible pre-purchase of verified carbon removal credits starting in 2025 through to 2028

Campaign for Better Transport’s new Fewer Flights Charter outlines a 10-point plan to reduce aviation’s impact on the environment and give travellers better information.

The charter calls for realistic journey times, which include airport processing times and better information about carbon emissions, so travellers can make more informed choices when booking domestic flights.

It also calls for free train tickets to encourage international passengers to not drive to the airport and reforms to aviation taxation to reduce the overall number of domestic and private flights.