US airlines cut carbon despite soaring passenger numbers

James S Murray
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Improved aircraft design and air traffic management leads to three per cent cut in emissions since 2000

Aviation may have become something of a bete noire to many within the environmental movement, but according to new figures from the industry it has made significant progress in recent years towards limiting...

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