ATA To Congress: We’re Carbon Efficient

The President and CEO of the Air Transport Association, James C. May, testified before Congress today on the state of airline carbon emissions.

May was adamant that air travel is carbon efficient; it is responsible for only 2 percent of US carbon emissions while driving over 3 billion dollars in economic activity daily. He called air travel, “the greenest form of mass transportation.”

However, May also asked Congress to take the lead on making the industry more environmentally accomodating. May asked Congress to provide more environmental research funding for NASA and the FAA, as well as to support the International Civil Aviation Organization’s environmental efforts, and to provide funding for modernized air traffic control systems.