Politicians and business people from around the world say they are more concerned about climate change than ever before. It stops them, however, not from to charter private flights in droves, when they set themselves against the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in the swiss mountain village of Davos.
Thus it seems that the convenience and comfort it gives to fly in private jets rather than commercial, to weigh heavier than the CO2-footprint it leaves behind.
According to Air Charter Service (ACS), in the course of the three-day summit to countries for almost 1500 private jets in the airports in the vicinity of Davos. It is 200 more than last year.
An estimate from Privatefly.com is even higher. Here, it is estimated, that in the context of the summit this week comes to countries around 2000 private jets in Davos.
the Demand on private jets around the time of the summit exceeds significantly other big events, there is also usually a matter of great demand. It applies, among other things the Super Bowl and the Champions League final.
It tells Andy Christie, director of private jets at Air Charter Service.
– We’ve had bookings from Hong kong, India and the UNITED states – no other event has the same global appeal, says the director, in a statement.
the Organizers of the World Economic Forum insist that they compensate as much as possible the CO2 emissions generated by private aviation, through their own initiatives on the site.
– We urge our partners from the business community and others to take measures, to override it, said Dominique Waughray, head of global affairs at the WEF, in the last week.
– most of The private jets coming in, is used by government officials. In relation to the vienna convention is the most effective and secure way to carry people to an event via airplane, he said.
the International air traffic is estimated to stand for about two percent of the total CO2 emissions in the world.
