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   Shame for flying, the phenomenon where people avoid the plane for ecological   
   reasons, is becoming harder and harder. In Germany, Europe's largest airline   
   market, there were 12 percent fewer travelers on domestic flights in November   
   than the year before, the Bloomberg news agency learned. It is already the   
   fourth monthly fall in a row, while the number of passengers on German   
   railways is at a record level. As a result, something similar appears to be   
   happening in Germany as in Sweden, where the shame movement (or flygskam)   
   originates and where climate activist Greta Thunberg comes from. There too,   
   many travelers exchanged the plane for the train for the train.   
       
   For airlines, flying shame is gradually becoming a problem. Brian Pearce,   
   chief economist of the international aviation umbrella IATA, said in October   
   that the phenomenon "can be a factor that will slow growth in the future."   
   Research by the Swiss bank UBS among six thousand Western travelers showed   
   that one in five consciously took the plane less often. If that trend   
   continues, the growth of the aviation sector could halve. According to   
   Reuters, the growth in air traffic in Europe would still be 1.5 percent per   
   year. That is half the forecast that aircraft manufacturer Airbus has in mind.   
       
   Airlines are not overjoyed with the phenomenon. Carsten Spohr, CEO of the   
   German aviation giant Lufthansa, called the environmental concerns against his   
   sector "fake news" last month, the aviation website Simple Flying reported.   
   "Our sector accounts for 2.8 percent of global CO2 emissions," Spohr said at   
   an IATA conference. "As I asked before, what about the other 97.2 percent? Do   
   they do so much good for society as we do? Do they reduce their emissions as   
   much as we do? "   
       
         "You should not see airlines as a symbol of climate change. That is   
          fake news "Carsten Spohr Ceo Lufthansa   
       
   The new European Commission is aiming for a kerosene tax in the context of its   
   Green Deal. According to the IATA, such a tax will prevent airlines from   
   making the necessary investments to become more ecological. Ryanair CEO   
   Michael O'Leary already called the intention "something that was dreamed   
   together in Brussels, or made up by cyclists in the Netherlands".   
       
   Experts, however, expect that the environmental impact of aviation will   
   increase sharply, even though aircraft are becoming increasingly energy   
   efficient, as the volume of air traffic grows. Domestic flights may count on   
   less interest, but the number of passengers on long-haul flights does not   
   decrease. In addition, air traffic is rapidly increasing in emerging countries   
   such as China. This year's European Commission report expects global emissions   
   from the sector to increase by 21% to around 200 million tonnes even with   
   significant technological advances by 2040.   
      
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