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Environment committee  There is a process whereby you can convert alcohol to jet, so it's a potential pathway.

January 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Geoffrey Tauvette

Environment committee  It has been approved under our international standard or specifications board. Some technologies have just started to appear in order to be able to do it well.

January 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Geoffrey Tauvette

Environment committee  Under our international CORSIA program, airlines will be allowed to purchase offsets to help us meet our carbon-neutral growth. Those offsets and the definitions will be defined by ICAO by the end of the year. We'll know what they are in the next months.

January 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Geoffrey Tauvette

Environment committee  We need a fuel that's a drop in fuel, so it has to look like jet fuel, but what we're targeting is a lower-carbon fuel, obviously. That's a big part after our offsets. We need biojet to help us reduce our emissions. It's three times the cost, so we need some help to get there technologically and with policy.

January 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Geoffrey Tauvette

Environment committee  Our member air carriers have been leading the way in reducing carbon emissions for years. Not only is it a sustainable practice but it's also a way for us to hedge our costs going forward. We still believe that market-based mechanisms should be the centrepiece of every carbon reduction strategy and that a carbon tax is simply the wrong policy for aviation for a number of reasons that Massimo will go into a little later.

January 30th, 2019Committee meeting

Geoffrey Tauvette