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Can we fly less?: Evaluating the 'necessity' of air travel
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Organisation and Entrepreneurship. Western Norway Res Inst, Norway;Lund University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0505-9207
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2019 (English)In: Journal of Air Transport Management, ISSN 0969-6997, E-ISSN 1873-2089, Vol. 81, article id 101722Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Air travel is often justified as 'necessary' or 'unavoidable', in the sense that trips have purpose and value. Yet it is evident that people travel for reasons that may include forced and voluntary movement, with motives ranging from visiting friends and family, to leisure, or business. In light of the challenge to decarbonise transport, and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this paper discusses the perceived necessity of flight from individual and societal perspectives, while considering moral and economic viewpoints. It suggests that travel motives have different degrees of 'urgency', and that the 'necessity of flight' cannot be generalised. To empirically test this hypothesis in an exploratory survey, we used mixed methods to examine the perspectives of 29 international students at Lund University, Sweden on the perceived importance of their flights (n = 587) over a six-year period (2012-2017). Results show that the value associated with individual flights depends on flight motive, experience, life stage, or situational factors. Notably, almost half of the leisure flights made lack importance. Implications are discussed in the context of climate policy and the future development of the aviation system.

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Elsevier, 2019. Vol. 81, article id 101722
Keywords [en]
Aviation, Climate policy, Flight shame, Induced demand, Paris agreement, Travel motives
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Economics and Business
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Tourism
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90082DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2019.101722ISI: 000493217600003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85072626851OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-90082DiVA, id: diva2:1371068
Available from: 2019-11-19 Created: 2019-11-19 Last updated: 2020-12-14Bibliographically approved

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