Today, on the wire.

A 10.4-hour transatlantic surge, and the Sheikh’s double-header

Yesterday’s 174 flights burned 1,194 tonnes of CO₂, led by a Viracopos–Nice marathon and a Stansted–Abu Dhabi return that signals a diplomatic reset.

1,194.2 tonnes of CO₂. That single number — roughly the annual footprint of 100 average European households — is what the celebrity-jet fleet pushed into the atmosphere in just 24 hours. 174 flights closed, 132,210 miles flown, 291.2 hours airborne. The top mover was Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, whose two flight

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