Etihad Aviation CEO Wants Policy Makers to Take the Strain of Making Flying Greener
Photo Credit: Etihad's Boeing 787 "Greenliner". Flickr / Kevin Hackert
Skift Take
Governments will likely use taxes and penalties as incentives to encourage airlines to operate more sustainably over the next decade, but Tony Douglas wants more players in the commercial aviation ecosystem to pay their part.
The CEO of Etihad Aviation Group wants governments and policy makers to step up when it comes to making commercial aviation a more planet-friendly business.
Tony Douglas has exhausted all avenues — tweaking planes, engines, fuel and even flight paths to extreme lengths to prove how it's possible to significantly reduce carbon emissions.
The chief of the Abu Dhabi-based airline has been at it for two years via its Greenliner program, but enough’s enough. Speaking at Skift Aviation Forum on Wednesday, he said it’s time for policy makers to be held more accountable.
[caption id="attachment_453714" align="alignright" width="300"] Tony Douglas, CEO of Etihad Aviation Group, speaking at Skift Aviation Forum.[/caption]
Douglas said there were structural, logistical and economic challenges in making commer
