Originally Posted by
Asturias56
Your problem is that Aviation is VERY visible in the west - activists can't do much about India & China but they can act on airlines and airports. Compared to even cargo shipping aviation is small beer - but its still seen a s a "luxury" by many
The elephant in the (leisure) room is cruising. Unlike cargo vessels that serve an economic purpose thousands of people bobbing around on the ocean in floating apartment blocks pumping out CO2 and worse 24/7 are in more urgent need of attention than aviation but generally go under the environmental radar.