The UK letter said: "If public money is used to save them, they must be required by law to do more to tackle climate change.
"They must be obliged to follow in the footsteps of many in the industry that have implemented ambitious carbon offsetting schemes."
Worrying indeed as it is exactly the same issue in France, Macron needs support from the ecologist parties ( green parties) to govern and win the next elections . His own Environment minister has declared this morning on a radio program that the Government will ensure that public money granted to help AF will be met by assurances that CO2 emissions will be drastically reduced , and that domestic flights will be restricted to favor SNCF high speed trains .
Ben Smith ( CEO AF) has apparently agreed to this and is reported to have also declared that it will take at least 2 years to get out of the current crisis .