Corporate business travel ‘carbon budgets’ loom for airlines
By Jamie Freed and Rajesh Kumar Singh
As major companies look at drastic ways to cut carbon emissions from corporate travel, airlines are bracing for a major hit to business-class ...
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Business travel to suffer from ‘carbon budget’ plans
As major companies look at drastic ways to cut carbon emissions from corporate travel, airlines are bracing for a major hit to business-class travel, a key revenue driver, industry executives ...
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