EasyJet chief says green campaigners have a point

The no-frills carrier easyJet yesterday accepted there was legitimate public concern about the impact of flying on climate change and said it would welcome a dialogue with green campaigners.

The chief executive, Ray Webster, said he would not object to a fuel tax linked to carbon emissions being imposed as long as it was fair and did not “price the industry out of existence”.
But Mr Webster pointed out that airlines were not best-placed to take any extra tax because few were making profits unlike airport operators, such as BAA, which were acting as virtual monopolies.

He was speaking after easyJet reported increased pre-tax losses of