Airlines on Tuesday called for co-operation on a broad front to reach 'very tough' emission targets and pledged at the end of a three-day summit to release interim climate targets next year.
Willie Walsh, Director General of the International Air Transport Association , attends IATA annual meeting in Istanbul, Turkey June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya
"Everybody's going to have to play their part," Walsh told a news conference, listing players from governments to planemakers and airports who would have to "raise the bar to work with us to ensure that we can achieve what is an absolute critical goal." But they oppose EU-style mandates and are calling for output incentives like those introduced by the United States.
But Clark, whose airline will host the next IATA meeting in Dubai next June, warned other carriers against complacency.
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