🎬 As Cannes Film Festival comes to a conclusion, hundreds of private jets will carry celebrities away from the city and back home. Particularly in the midst of a fuel crisis, ex-pilots (including members of Safe Landing are urging the government to better regulate the “reckless excess” of private jets – at Cannes and elsewhere.
🛩️ Last year alone, an estimated 750 private jets flew to and from Cannes, burning through two million litres of fuel – with two thirds exempt from carbon pricing under current EU rules.
✈️ This is a question of whether aviation needs effective rules and carbon prices that apply to everyone – not just those flying commercial flights within Europe.
❓ Do you think Cannes Film Festival should ban private jets?
❔ Do you think governments should do more to regulate and tax private jet use?
Let us know: info@safe-landing.org
📰 Coverage in:
– Deutsche Welle: https://www.dw.com/en/eurodivision-where-glamour-meets-geopolitics/audio-77153029
– Radio France Internationale: https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260514-stars-flying-into-cannes-in-private-jets-obscene-say-ex-pilots
– The UK’s Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.com/travel/article-15807779/Ex-pilots-millionaires-private-jets-grounded-Cannes-Film-Festival-jet-fuel-crisis.html