Gatwick chairman: aviation industry in 'dialogue of deaf' with green groups

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Gatwick chairman David Rowlands said aviation companies need to show how they can reduce carbon emissions

The aviation industry is mired in a "dialogue of the deaf" with the environmental lobby and is failing to set out a roadmap for tackling climate change, according to the chairman of Gatwick Airport...

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