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Two Etihad Airways ads banned in UK over greenwashing claims

The Gulf carrier was accused of exaggerating climate claims by the British Advertising Standards Agency.

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An Etihad Airways aircraft comes in for a landing at Los Angeles International Airport on March 21, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. — Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images

Emirati carrier Etihad Airways has had two advertisements blocked in the United Kingdom after the country’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that the airline “exaggerated” the environmental benefits of flying with them.

The two ads in question were from October 2022 and published on the airline’s Facebook page.

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