1% of English residents take one-fifth of overseas flights, survey showshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/25/1-of-english-residents-take-one-fifth-of-overseas-flights-survey-shows Quotes:
The figures, published in a Department for Transport survey, also reveal that the 10% most frequent flyers in England took more than half of all international flights in 2018. However, 48% of the population did not take a single flight abroad in the last year.
Environmental activists said the new figures showed the UK could cut air traffic and emissions without affecting ordinary holidaymakers.
Leo Murray, director of innovation at 10:10 Climate Action
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What we need to do is target a minority of problem flyers and stop them from taking so many flights,” he added.
The findings are based on responses from more than 15,000 English residents who participated in the 2018 National Transport Survey and were revealed to the Guardian following a Freedom of Information request.
There is currently no country in which travellers pay an escalating levy on each flight they take in a year.
Chris Stark, the CCC’s chief executive
He argued that the UK should take a leading role in cutting emissions from the sector, rather than wait for more comprehensive international agreements to be struck.
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