Climate activists chain themselves to planes in protest, Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler calls flying corporate jets a “hobby of the super-rich” – the private aircraft industry increasingly targeted by critics during climate debates. The boss of the Upper Austrian private airline GlobeAir is very disappointed.
Amsterdam Airport announced in April that night flights and private planes will be a thing of the past in 2025; at EU level, Austria, the Netherlands and France are cooperating and demanding a fair contribution from the private aviation industry for the climate damage caused; At the last city council meeting in Linz, the KPÖ tabled a motion to ban private planes at Hörsching airport, which was rejected…
‘Industry offers itself as the culprit’
Hardly a day goes by without private airlines coming under fire from a new angle. “The development is currently such that the middle class is melting away and people are looking for a culprit – our industry is ideal for this,” says Bernhard Fragner. The founder and CEO of the Hörschinger private airline GlobeAir needs a thick skin at the moment – given the constantly flaring public criticism.
Austrian Climate Protection Minister Leonore Gewessler, who calls private jet flights a “hobby of the super-rich”, says: “It can’t be that we all pay for it.”
“Populist and unhelpful”
How does Fragner take it? The 51-year-old describes the statements as “very populist and not very helpful”. And further: “The term hobby irritates me. More than 65 percent of our passengers are board members, CEOs and executives who optimize their schedules to meet heavy workloads.”
Source: Krone
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