Proposals to introduce new eco-labelling systems for aircraft have been criticised on the grounds that it would have little impact on whether customers would choose to fly with certain operators.
Laurence Price, a spokesperson for the Mott Macdonald Group- a management, engineering and development consultancy - has said that customer choices will be dictated by a wider range of considerations than how environmentally sound an aircraft is.
"Some of it will be price, some of it will be destination, some of it will be down to schedule, frequency, aircraft type [and] quality of service," he said.
He said that the proposals, which are the result of a House of Commons select committee report, would only be of use to a small group who are very seriously committed to the issue, adding that most people would not be affected by the changes.
Under the programme, individual planes' environmental credentials would be independently rated and then publicised to consumers at the point of purchase.
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