Save for later Print Download Share A new Call Aviation to Action group launched this week, calling for urgent and decisive action to tackle the industry鈥檚 growing climate impact including limits on flight numbers. 鈥淎viation is struggling to turn a profit, trapped in growth models and is overly optimistic about the timelines for technology to solve its climate problems,鈥� said the group鈥檚 co-founder and former vice president of sustainability at Dutch flag carrier KLM, Karel Bockstael, at the group鈥檚 May 5 launch. 鈥淲e understand the challenges leaders face, but staying in this race is not an option. Aviation must take control of its transformation before it is forced to. We must reinvent our industry to restore its positive contribution to the world,鈥� he added.
