New Zealand opposition Chris Hepkins was upset by the decision, but the prime minister said he had no other choice.
He was caught in the crossfire of the attacks Chris Hipkins The Prime Minister of New Zealand, after traveling on an official visit to China taking an empty spare plane with him – I wrote it CNN. According to the New Zealand opposition, in the midst of the climate crisis, it is grave irresponsibility on the part of the prime minister to unnecessarily double down on emissions already linked to travel.
The prime minister’s spokesperson told CNN that the reason the second plane was used was because the first government plane had frequent reliability problems in the recent past, which caused one of the country’s former leaders to stop abroad during one of his official trips.
The spokesperson added, “Given the importance of the commercial mission, the long distance, and the large number of delegations and media units, we considered that a backup aircraft was warranted.”
Chris LuxonHowever, according to the leader of the opposition National Party, it was unacceptable that Hipkins would use two planes in the midst of the climate crisis. “I think we in this country have to face many challenges due to climate change, so I think it was a bad decision to send an empty 30-year-old Boeing 757 after a full one,” the opposition politician said.
