Five-Passenger Transatlantic Flight Dubbed ‘Eco-Scandal’

American Airlines has taken a drubbing from environmentalists for flying only five passengers from Chicago to London aboard a Boeing 777 last month, reports the Telegraph. On Feb. 9, the airline cancelled one of four daily services on the route and rebooked all but five passengers, who wound up on a nearly empty plane, upgraded to business class.  While swilling champagne, each passenger contributed an estimated 43 tons of CO2 to the atmosphere. American says it had no choice; green groups call it “obscene.”

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