Richard Dyer, Friends of the Earth's transport campaigner said: "Flying virtually empty planes is an obscene waste of fuel. Through no fault of their own, each passenger's carbon footprint for this flight is about 45 times what it would have been if the plane had been full.

Oh, but it's O.K. for politicians around the world to do that every day. Geez...

As a passenger, I would've loved it! I seriously doubt that those five passengers were worried about their carbon footprints, but I think Gerard Arpey would rather see his business be a little more cost-effective. lol