NBAA, IBAC renounce calls for restricting UK airport access for business aircraft

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and the International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) has responded to calls from some British political leaders for restricting business aircraft access to airports in the United Kingdom (UK), on emissions grounds. The two associations emphasised that such proposals disproportionately target a single transportation mode with a proven record on carbon reduction and an aggressive push underway for the availability and use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).  Despite the industry’s focus on sustainability, representatives of the Labour Party in Britain’s Parliament have recently cast their support for such a plan, calling an eventual ban on