Oil prices and aviation industry trends - Energy, Travel Industry and Transport Speaker - Futurist

http://www.globalchange.com Future of aviation industry with higher oil prices. Operational efficiency and budget airlines, capacity, turnaround time, cost reduction, seat occupancy, load factor increase, fuel efficiency with new planes. Future of airline travel for business, leisure and tourism. Transport competition from road and rail. Total fuel element of travel cost small. Discounted air fares. Aviation industry profitability, crisis, mergers and acquisitions. Long haul flights and short haul flights. Carbon offset travel carbon dioxide emissions -- airlines. Air freight carbon offset for DHL, UPS and Fedex. Average cost per passenger seat. Dollar price of oil. Future oil price trends. Impact of higher oil prices on aviation. Use of biofuel and alternative fuels, energy sources, green energy, alternative energy supplies. Business class tickets, image and public relations. Alternatives to commercial travel for meetings.Video by keynote conference speaker Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist and author of 12 books on global trends including Futurewise and Building a Better Business.

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[Unclesamslair]

so what about when we run out of oil?

[pjvdixon]

That is unlikely to happen for a while - as prices rise we can extract more, and consumption falls, and eventually we can go back to what we did 100 years ago and make oil out of coal.

[antcitrix]

Really good info, thank you very much.