Over 500 airports now certified under ACA programme but public enthusiasm for net zero is waning

The global Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme, managed by ACI EUROPE, has been a success story, racking up 500 participants with 200 of them actively encouraging other firms on the airport site to keep emissions under control.

Because the measures they take are often visible to the public, airports will probably retain public support for them.

That is not the case with the airlines, whose 'net zero' measures have only manifested themselves to the public by way of higher fares, which are likely to rise higher still.

Net zero is coming under increasing scrutiny by a general public that is hammered mercilessly by inflation and high living costs. The air transport industry (and tourism in general) should not make the mistake of thinking that it can continue to price its products highly as a form of virtue signaling.