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536. Is Your Plane Ticket Too Expensive — or Too Cheap?

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Air New Zealand CEO Greg Forren: Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Airline travel adds up to three or four percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. New aircraft are around 85% more fuel efficient than new planes from the 1960s. The only solutions there are either you don't fly or you use sustainable aviation fuel. How exactly do airlines make their money? And when airlines merge, is that good or bad for customers?

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