Regulations and Government
ATA: bizjets are bigger polluters than the airlines
Air Transport Association (ATA) president and CEO James May used a hearing of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming last mon

Air Transport Association (ATA) president and CEO James May used a hearing of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming last month as a bully pulpit to bash corporate jets and promote the airlines’ tax agenda.

In testimony before the committee, May claimed that airline jets are five to six times more fuel efficient than corporate jets. “The math is simple: carrying 200 people and cargo across the country in a single plane burns a lot less fuel than 33 separate corporate jets, each flying six people,” May argued.