Boris Johnson’s 'jet zero' green flight goal dismissed as a gimmick

Experts says technology alone will not get close to solving aviation's emissions problems

Boris Johnson's jet zero" goal of a commercial transatlantic flight producing no carbon emissions by 2025 is a gimmick", according to experts, who say technology alone cannot solve the impact of global aviation on the climate crisis.

Such a flight would not be impossible, the experts said, but could only be a one-off and would encourage the view that other measures such as taxing jet fuel and frequent fliers were not needed to tackle aviation's carbon problem.