Eco-protests Target Private Aviation: A Call to Action
Protests against business aviation are likely only to become more prevalent, and the industry must take action to improve sustainability...and its image.
Protesters at EBACE 2023
The author covering the climate protests at EBACE 2023. (Photo: David McIntosh)

Doubtless with some exceptions, just about everyone who traveled to Geneva in May for the annual EBACE show sincerely believes they are an environmentalist, concerned about the impact of flying and other human activities on our shared planet and committed to doing something about it.

That would include the lively and diverse group of protestors who joined the officially-sanctioned demonstration outside Palexpo on the evening of the show’s opening day, and also all the industry executives who participated in multiple EBACE meetings focused on sustainability and reducing aviation's carbon footprint.