Private Jets Pollute up to 14 Times More than Commercial Flights, Report Claims

‘We all chip in’: America's $40 billion private jet boom is taking off, and taxpayers are helping billionaires foot the bill

Private flyers get tax breaks and taxpayer-funded airport projects while contributing relatively little to air traffic infrastructure

Private jet boom in the US has taxpayers, and the climate, picking up the tab

A new report argues that while only a tiny slice of the population enjoys the convenience of private jets, the public is left to help cover the costs.

America’s $40 billion private jet boom is taking off. Taxpayers help billionaires foot the bill

Getting a cheap ticket somewhere is as welcome a surprise as anything. There are whole forums devoted to award travel, entire companies and platforms searching for cheap flights, and shoestring travelers looking for the biggest bang for their buck. Whatever the price of the ticket, there’s one thing that’s for sure: taxes. Every time a […]

‘We all chip in’: America’s $40 billion private jet boom is taking off, and taxpayers are helping billionaires foot the bill

Getting a cheap ticket somewhere is as welcome a surprise as anything. There are whole forums devoted to award travel, entire companies and platforms searching for cheap flights, and shoestring travelers looking for the biggest bang for their buck. Whatever the price of the ticket, there’s one…

Private jets pollute up to 14 times more than commercial flights, report claims

A new US report has looked at who's really footing the bill for America's private jet boom, and according to the researchers behind it, it's not the billionaires actually flying in themA new report has argued that private jet travel has imposed outsized climate and taxpayer costs despite serving only a tiny share of air passengers.There are now 3,428 billionaires worldwide, according to the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), which basically mea…