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Airline Industry to Weigh Goal of Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

  • IATA chief Willie Walsh plans October proposal on targets
  • Major airlines such as Delta, United have already made pledge
    

Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

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The airline industry’s global trade group will propose eliminating carbon emissions on a net basis by 2050, as pressure builds to improve the climate goals of a segment that’s come under increasing criticism for its use of fossil fuels.

The International Air Transport Association will ask carriers to adopt the target at its annual meeting in Boston in October, Willie Walsh, its director general, said in an interview Thursday.