Thread by @StayGroundedNet

Regarding #airline #bailouts and #climate conditions, the French case is often referred to as a positive example. But if you look more closely, the ecological conditions of the #AirFrance bailout are only weak measures.

Let us explain – a thread. 👇
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1) The conditions are not legally binding.

“France's green requests are a first but we had non-binding commitments for years and airline pollution ballooned,” says @AndrewTMurphy.
theguardian.com/business/2020/…

2) Air France's CO2 emissions of PER PASSENGER from domestic flights are to be reduced by 50% by 2024, overall -50% by 2030. This leaves out a large part of the emissions* and also allows ABSOLUTE emissions to continue to rise.
actu-environnement.com/ae/news/aviati…

Note: Aviation has other heating effects about 2-3 times the impact of the CO2 alone. These are not included.

3) Air France had already committed itself to 50% less emissions per passenger last year, that's not new.

And by cleverly choosing 2005 as the reference year, the target also corresponds to normal efficiency gains and is to be achieved with problematic agrofuels.

4) Short-haul flights are only to be phased out if they can be replaced by the TGV in 2.5 hours and are not connecting flights.
This ignores many domestic flights and allows Air France to obtain additional slots for more profitable & climate damaging medium and long-haul flights.

We demand: No more false solutions, we need a sharp reduction in air traffic! Let's use this crisis for it. #SavePeopleNotPlanes
stay-grounded.org/savepeoplenotp…