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Harriet Marsden

The real climate cost of private jets

Increasingly popular personal jet flights cause up to 14 times more pollution per passenger than commercial plane journeys

The UK could meet its net-zero goals if it halved the number of private-jet flights, which are significantly more polluting per passenger than commercial flights, according to a government-commissioned study.

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