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British Airways vows to reduce its carbon footprint

Sunday 15 Feb 2009 10:19am

British Airways has pledged to cut its net carbon dioxide emissions by 50 per cent by the year 2050. The airline claims that its target is the most ambitious set by any airline which, if achieved, will see its net carbon output reduce from 16 million tonnes in 2005 to eight million tonnes by 2050. British Airways' chief executive Willie Walsh announced the new objective during a speech in the Indian city of Hyderabad, a new destination for the airline from Heathrow Airport. Explaining how BA plans to achieve its goal, Mr Walsh said: 'We will make progress through investment in cleaner aircraft, use of alternative fuels, more efficient flight routings and the spread of emissions trading from Europe to the whole world. 'We have taken climate change issues very seriously for a long time. More than a decade ago, we became the first airline to publish fuel efficiency targets - and we have achieved an improvement since then of almost 30 per cent. ' Mr Walsh stressed that it is important to continue to focus on environmental issues in spite of the worldwide economic crisis. He also predicted that the downturn would see 'very difficult environment' for business in the UK for at least another two years.

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