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Research Suggests Eliminating Business Class Could Reduce Carbon Footprint
The aviation industry’s carbon emissions could potentially be halved through efficiency improvements such as eliminating business and first class, according to research. The study found that increasing the number of passengers on a single flight and using more efficient aircraft could lead to significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. The research was conducted by Milan Crower, a climate modeling researcher at Oxford University, and his team, who modeled several hypothetical scenarios to investigate the impact of improved operational efficiency on carbon dioxide emissions, as reported by Unknown Source.