European executives are increasingly favouring private jets when travelling across the continent as the rise in airport security checks multiplies delays, but the flights may strike a symbolic blow against the EU's fight against greenhouse gasses.
One of Europe's biggest private jet operators - NetJets Europe - said it had undertaken almost 60,000 flights in the first 11 months of 2006, up by 30 percent on the whole of 2005, according to the Financial Times.
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