Overview
- As the festival opened Tuesday, former pilots and wealthy activists urged governments to halt private jet flights to Cannes and asked stars to fly commercial or take trains, citing Pedro Pascal’s economy trip last year.
- Transport & Environment estimates about 750 private flights to last year’s festival burned roughly 2 million liters of kerosene, an output it says is comparable to about 14,000 round-trip flights between Paris and Athens.
- Private jet departures across Europe rose 10 percent in April, Carbon Sky Index said, even as airlines like SAS and Lufthansa cut thousands of flights because fuel costs climbed.
- Goldman Sachs research shared with Politico estimates Europe’s commercial jet fuel stocks could fall below 23 days of supply by late May or early June after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruptions pushed prices to roughly double pre-war levels.
- Campaigners cite Cannes’ own estimate that travel makes up about 93 percent of the festival’s carbon footprint and press the EU to close carbon-pricing gaps they say leave two thirds of private jets untaxed, a claim the business aviation lobby disputes.