Irish Examiner view: Cutting flights may be pie in the sky

Carbon emission goals may wither in the face of resistance to curbing our foreign travel habit

A Ryanair Boeing 737 Max 8-200 jet. The airline intends to buy about 300 Max 10 aircraft from the planemaker. File picture: Nicholas T Ansell/PA

The sharp intake of breath which is apparent every time a measure puts pressure on motorists to step away from their cars will be as nothing when battle is finally joined to fully confront the future of flying.

The burgeoning recovery of air travel, even within the worst cost-of-living crisis in memory, provides ample testimony to the desire of citizens to “get away from it all”.