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Aer Lingus and
Climate Change
Below
are extracts of letters between the
airline company Aer Lingus and Peter Shullot
about climate change. The letters in full are at the bottom of the page. This is
one of 65 sets of letters so you can find out what your supermarket, energy
supplier and car manufacturer, and oil companies, airlines, house builders and
other companies really think about climate change. The name Peter Shullot
is made up – it is an anagram of The Polluters.
To Dermot Mannion, Chief Executive of Aer Lingus –
Due to my business
interests I’m a frequent flyer to Dublin and other parts of Ireland. You are
always my first choice as I can rely on your three clover company for a very
good service at an excellent price, and you don’t pander to your passengers with
flirty stewardesses and fancy food. Sometimes I even bring my family with me –
but not if I can help it; a one-hour flight without food is still enough time
for my son Wayne to suffer from air rage.
I’m concerned about the
actions being brought in to fight global warming and the effect it will have on
your company. However, the aviation industry is only responsible for 2% of CO2
emissions and airline fuel efficiency has improved by 20% in the last decade.
Haven’t you done enough when you didn’t have much to do in the first place?
Dermot
Mannion replied –
As you have
noted, airline fuel efficiency in general has improved significantly in recent
years.
We will
continue to work to improve our environmental performance whilst also working,
through the AEA, for sensible and workable regulations at European level on this
matter.
Letter to Aer Lingus
Reply from Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus Annual Report 2006 (referred to in the reply from Aer Lingus)
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