Industry decline - from the horse's mouth

Plane Stupid is used to hearing strange things fall from the mouths of aviation industry executives, but this week we’ve heard the most extraordinary things from the climate criminals themselves…

Mr Van Wijk, Vice Chair of Air France-KLM, the world’s biggest airline, said:

“What I hear is a load of bullshit. I think we have lost the [PR] battle already. I don’t think the customer is interested to hear we have a great story. We know damn sure that within a reasonable time-frame, there is no way that we can diminish our carbon emissions.”

“Because we have let six or seven years go by without taking the issue seriously, I think that until five or ten years down the road, we will be on the defensive.”

Idris Jala, Chief Executive of Malaysia Airlines:

“Realistically, technologically, I don’t believe we can achieve zero emissions.”

You don’t have to take our word for it…