{"id":27255,"date":"2022-10-02T21:06:28","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=27255"},"modified":"2022-10-02T21:06:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T15:36:33","slug":"lionel-messi-criticised-for-making-52-journeys-in-three-months-on-his-private-plane-emitting-150-years-worth-of-co2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/02\/lionel-messi-criticised-for-making-52-journeys-in-three-months-on-his-private-plane-emitting-150-years-worth-of-co2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi criticised for making 52 journeys in three months on his private plane, emitting 150 years&#8217; worth of CO2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Lionel Messi<\/strong>, a star for Paris Saint-Germain, has come under fire after it was discovered that his <strong>private jet made 52 trips in just three months.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-2-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi criticised for making 52 journeys in three months on his private plane, emitting 150 years' worth of CO2\" class=\"wp-image-27258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-2-1-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-2-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-2-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-2-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-2-1-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-2-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Lionel Messi private jet made 52 trips in just three months.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For his international excursions, Messi rents a \u00a312 million private plane, and he frequently makes it available to his family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 35-year-old, who recently returned to PSG after playing for Argentina on their tour of the United States, has come under fire from the French media for his carbon footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lionel Messi&#39;s private jet made 52 trips over 3 months, emitting 1,502 tons of CO2 &#8211; the same impact as an average French person over 150 years. (L&#39;\u00c9q)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r5h5BZqPFP\">https:\/\/t.co\/r5h5BZqPFP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Get French Football News (@GFFN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GFFN\/status\/1575823224666935296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>L&#8217;Equipe has found that between June and August of this year, Messi&#8217;s private plane flew 52 times for a total of 368 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A typical French person would emit 1,502 tonnes of CO2 over the course of 150 years, which is how much was produced by these excursions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Christophe Galtier&#8217;s denial of a query on his team&#8217;s usage of the mode of transportation to away matches, the use of private planes in French football has drawn attention in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galtier joked that the team was looking into the possibility of travelling by &#8220;<strong><em>sand yach<\/em>t<\/strong>&#8221; after being questioned about why PSG travelled by private jet to an away match against Nantes, which is only two hours away by train. <strong>Kylian Mbappe<\/strong>, who was seated next to him, laughed at the comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galtier was forced to issue an apology after his remarks sparked outrage in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>&#8220;I regret it nowadays, laughing is not allowed. A joke told at the incorrect time. But trust me when I say that I am concerned about the issues facing the globe&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><cite>Galtier remarked, as quoted by Get French Football News<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I am aware of our obligation. We are not separated, despite what I&#8217;ve heard. The joke was offensive. However, making it into a scandal makes us appear to be someone we are not.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Messi&#39;s &#39;52 private jet trips in three months causes 150 years worth of CO2&#39; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UWrm0v4l9d\">https:\/\/t.co\/UWrm0v4l9d<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sun Sport (@SunSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSport\/status\/1575830665228161028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My players and the club both care a lot about the environment. We took a bus to Lille. We are aware of the issues involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Naturally, I&#8217;m sorry, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s easy to laugh in France. even though I quickly realised when I got home that my joke wasn&#8217;t very good.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get French Football News claims that PSG is one of the worst offenders when it comes to using private jets for Ligue 1 teams&#8217; away travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Montpellier, on the other hand, travels by coach to seven of their away games, using private jets the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/02\/american-airlines-eagle-tcas-ra-maneuver-injures-two-crew-exclusive\/\">American Airlines eagle TCAS RA maneuver injures two crew | Exclusive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow us on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/s\/CBIw-KPiuYoB?sceid=IN:en&amp;sceid=IN:en&amp;r=7&amp;oc=1\">Google News<\/a><\/strong> for latest Aviation Updates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\">Telegram group<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionel Messi, a star for Paris Saint-Germain, has come under fire after it was discovered that his private jet made 52 trips in just three months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7216,7218,6761],"tags":[152,392,79,2030,393,81,7402,7401],"class_list":{"0":"post-27255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aviation-news","8":"category-international-aviation-news","9":"category-news","10":"tag-airlines","11":"tag-airlines-news","12":"tag-aviation","13":"tag-aviation-a2z-news","14":"tag-aviation-news","15":"tag-latest-aviation-news","16":"tag-lionel-messi","17":"tag-private-jet-made-52-trips-in-just-three-months"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27259,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27255\/revisions\/27259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}