Report: Frequent flyer programs should be banned

The nascent “flight-shaming” movement in Europe aimed at reducing carbon emissions is gaining some academic backing from a new British report that suggests radical changes in government policies toward air travel – including a ban on frequent flyer programs and a distance-based tax on individuals’ flights.

The report was created for the U.K.’s Committee on Climate Change, an independent government advisory group, by Richard Carmichael at the Imperial College London. The committee is trying to come up with ways that the U.K. can meet its goal of net-zero carbon emissions within 30 years.