"They're Not Our Partners": How Aircraft Shortages Are Quietly Threatening the Sky's Biggest Climate Pledge
On the eve of the Singapore Airshow — Asia's largest aviation event, running February 3–8 — a stark warning echoed through the Changi Aviation Summit. Willie Walsh, director-general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), laid bare an uncomfortable truth: the global airline industry's flagship goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 is quietly slipping out of reach.A 2021 Promise Now Under PressureIn 2021, IATA's roughly 350 member airlines collectively adopted the net zero by 2050 target — an ambitious pledge to curb aviation emissions, which account for 2% to 3% of the global total. The roadmap leaned heavily on ...
