After relentlessly pushing environmentalism on businesses, ESG-obsessed Bloomberg News whined that flights may be too frequent and too comfortable.
A Jan. 22 article for Bloomberg News headlined “No-Frills Flying Emerges as Travel’s Painful, Greener Future” lauded budget airlines for reducing customer space and flight perks, but lamented that cheaper flights drive an increase in customers. After praising more spartan airlines for their choices, Bloomberg reporter Angus Whitley admitted that “the budget flight movement has also driven a boom in air-travel demand because of the bargain ticket prices.” However, he disclaimed: “Low-cost carriers were responsible for almost 90% of growth in fuel use and CO2 emissions from US airlines between 2005 and 2019, according to the International Council on Clean Transportation.”
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