‘Potential freeze on private business jets at Dublin Airport’

Luxury is not a necessity

A chara, – Dublin Airport should proceed with a ban on business jets as these planes are up to 14 times more polluting per passenger than commercial flights (“Potential freeze on private business jets at Dublin Airport would ‘greatly hinder’ foreign direct investment in Ireland”, News, January 12th).

The corporate jet is the modern equivalent of the sedan chair carried by servants. You don’t travel that way because you have to; you travel that way to show people how important and better you are than the general public. – Is mise,

DERMOT O’ROURKE,

Lucan,

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Co Dublin.