New protest against private jets due to their high pollutant emissions. Nearly one hundred activists from 17 countries from environmental organizations such as Greenpeace, Stay Grounded, Extinction Rebellion, Scientist Rebellion and others This Tuesday morning they took a break at the world’s largest sales fair. private jets Europe’s European Business Aviation Congress and Exhibition (EBACE) kicks off in Geneva, to demand a ban on such flights. The protest comes after a series of demonstrations against these private planes at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport in recent months, and different actions of the Make Them Pay campaign.
activists peacefully placed at the front door of private jets Exhibited at the corporate event held at Geneva airport and they were chained to the boarding stairs of the planes and to the entrance of the fair to prevent potential buyers from entering. On the other hand, the protesters, similar to the ones on tobacco packages, on the planes describing these planes as poisonous and “Private jets are burning our future”, “killing our planet” and “feeding inequality”.
Klara Maria Schenk, Greenpeace’s Mobility for All campaign manager, said:As private jet sales increase and with them the contribution to the climate crisis, Europe’s richest people have been drinking cork-free champagne at this fair for over 20 years. Meanwhile, the rest of the citizens are making efforts to reduce emissions, and it is the most vulnerable people who suffer most from the impact of the climate crisis. It’s time for governments to put an end to these unfair and excessive emissions and ban private jets.
They pollute 10 times more per passenger than a commercial flight
According to different studies, private flights generate about 10 times more CO2 per passenger-kilometer than a commercial flight and cause disproportionate amounts of microparticles and noise pollution, harming health, quality of life, the environment and the climate. Moreover, According to a study commissioned by Greenpeace CEECO emissions2 Air pollution caused by private jet traffic in Europe has reached record levels in recent years. While the richest and most privileged people use the most polluting and unfair transport available to save just a few hours’ travel, and sometimes just minutes, 80% of the world’s population has never flown, yet bears the brunt of the climate crisis.
In addition, emissions Private jets are not currently regulated this way in Europe. Despite the undeniable fact that private jets and private jets are the most polluting, energy-intensive and most expensive mode of transport and unfair per passenger and kilometer, they are largely excluded from EU legislation designed to combat greenhouse gas emissions.
Mira Kapfinger, an activist for Stay Grounded, a network that brings together more than 200 organizations, added: “While so many people are making tremendous efforts, the super-rich continue to destroy our planet, and it will continue if we don’t put it to work. It’s over. Private jets. “It’s time to put an end to airline mileage systems that reward frequent flights as well as banning them. We just need climate solutions.”
“We are in a climate emergency”
Cordula Market, spokesperson for Scientist Rebellion Germany, stated: «We are in a climate emergency. Therefore, it is no longer acceptable for the super-rich to continue to perform at events like EBACE.continues to fuel climate degradation, while buying and flying its private jets solely for its own benefit. We must stop them, which is why scientists and activists from all over Europe came together in Geneva to take action against this madness.”
Private jet sales expected reached its highest levels this yearwhich will place an increased burden on the planet. According to a recent report, the global private jet fleet has doubled in the last two decades. On the other hand, the total value of private jets sold in the last decade is estimated to be around $241 billion.
EBACE is the largest annual meeting of the business aviation industry in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Bringing together private jet sellers, buyers and manufacturers, the fair is organized by the European and US private aviation industry groups EBAA and NBAA. Nearly half of the 10,000+ visitors own or own a plane.
Greenpeace said in a statement that the protest action “does not aim to disrupt commercial air traffic at Geneva airport”. Activists have decided not to run or cross the tracks at any time and only access service roads.. This did not interfere in any way with the safe conduct of flights.”
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