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Bumpy ride ahead as climate change creates turbulence for airlines

  • By Alex Gray
  • Nov 10, 2017
  • 1 min read

There has been much discussion about the contribution of aviation to global greenhouse gas emissions.

But climate change is also having a huge impact on the industry, as airports and airlines are hit with the rising costs of extreme weather.

Too hot, too cold, too wet

In December 2013, dozens of flights from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in Canada were delayed or cancelled because of an ice storm that hit the city.



 
 
 

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