Wizz chief derides airline rivals' zero-carbon pledges
Wizz Air CE Jozsef Varadi has scorned the pledges of airlines which are committing to becoming carbon-neutral in several decades' time. Varadi spoke during a half-year briefing at which it put its carbon dioxide emissions figure at 57g per revenue passenger-kilometre, claiming this to be some 40% lower than IAG or Lufthansa. "It's great when an airline like British Airways, KLM, or Air France says that in 2050 – we're all going to be dead by that time – we're going to be carbon neutral," he said. "These are the worst-performing airlines." He insists that, regardless of their declarations, they "don’t have the financial resources to sufficiently invest" in the technology required to "change the game". "I think it's a bit of a joke, what they're saying," says Varadi. "Inherently their business model is environmentally-polluting." <br/>
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Wizz chief derides airline rivals' zero-carbon pledges
Wizz Air CE Jozsef Varadi has scorned the pledges of airlines which are committing to becoming carbon-neutral in several decades' time. Varadi spoke during a half-year briefing at which it put its carbon dioxide emissions figure at 57g per revenue passenger-kilometre, claiming this to be some 40% lower than IAG or Lufthansa. "It's great when an airline like British Airways, KLM, or Air France says that in 2050 – we're all going to be dead by that time – we're going to be carbon neutral," he said. "These are the worst-performing airlines." He insists that, regardless of their declarations, they "don’t have the financial resources to sufficiently invest" in the technology required to "change the game". "I think it's a bit of a joke, what they're saying," says Varadi. "Inherently their business model is environmentally-polluting." <br/>
