> It’s even more nuanced. Airlines don’t make money on main cabin for the most part. They make money from business class
No, it's not. Where they make their money is completely orthogonal to how demand for flights is generated.
All passengers generate flight demand, so yes, they are just as responsible for CO2 emissions as the airline (you can argue about the proportions and degrees, but they still are) The airline is additionally responsible by not pricing in externality costs of CO2 emissions.
On an individual-level then sure, but less people buying flight tickets will obviously lead to airlines eventually running less flights.
It’s even more nuanced. Airlines don’t make money on main cabin for the most part. They make money from business class
https://www.zippia.com/advice/business-travel-statistics/
and selling miles to credit card companies.
https://airlinegeeks.com/2021/12/17/here-s-why-airline-loyal...
If main cabin dropped by half, they would still fly the routes.
> It’s even more nuanced. Airlines don’t make money on main cabin for the most part. They make money from business class
No, it's not. Where they make their money is completely orthogonal to how demand for flights is generated.
All passengers generate flight demand, so yes, they are just as responsible for CO2 emissions as the airline (you can argue about the proportions and degrees, but they still are) The airline is additionally responsible by not pricing in externality costs of CO2 emissions.
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