The environmental impact of aviation will remain small compared to other modes of transport and other sources of man-made emissions. However, Airbus and the rest of the industry is determined to minimise and even reduce the environmental impact of aviation at every opportunity, while maximising the contribution that it can make to the quality of life, to better cultural understanding, to greater learning, and to fair and sustainable economic growth.

People used to find it incredible to imagine what it would be like to fly; today, it is much more difficult to imagine a world where we can’t.