Fyfe calls for action on emissions trading

Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe called for ICAO to end “its paralysis” on forging an international agreement on cutting airline emissions, while he also criticised “money grabbing” governments intent on levying international airlines with emissions taxes.

Speaking at the Greener Skies conference in Hong Kong on October 6, Fyfe criticised the ongoing debate over appropriate emissions reductions targets while little was being done practically. “These policy discussions and the hand-wringing over agreeing emission reduction targets are interminable and they are distracting us from the far more important focus of taking action. This is simply a travesty.”