Environment Minister Ian Pearson called US carrier Ryanair the “irresponsible face of capitalism” for opposing EU moves to tax airline carbon emissions. Ryanair’s stand is that it would undercut the income of low cost airlines such as themselves.
Ryanair also has answered that they have worked to reduce their emissions by 50% per passenger by upgrading their planes engines to that which is less polluting, which to them makes the labelling uncalled for. According to a graph from the department of transport, Airline emissions accounts for a huge chunk of pollution after automobiles. Ryanair’s competitor, Easyjet, was more supportive of the tax.
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