It is easy to suggest to fly less but it is going to be impossible to convince society where core values include agressive "extra" consumption, which in turn is the backbone of the world's current economy. Flying is one of top "extra" consumption types out there. I know many people are trying to convince people of that, but the society is moving in the opposite direction - bigger cars (both us and eu), more travel. Maybe arguments used currently are not convincing enough? I mean, sure, keep trying and you will obviously reach a certain 0.00x% of the population, but that's not really going to make any difference

There is a big anti-tourism movement being built up across the world which is also being pushed by mass media. In Barcelona and Venice this has turned physical in a few instances. Flying is going to be made more expensive in the near future, I've no doubt of it. The environmental lobby will call for it.

By the way, I have not flown for over a decade. I can't stand airports...

The general point here is that your individual behavior as a consumer likely doesn't impact this mechanism. An aircraft doesn't skip a flight just because you waited a week to go on vacation. Aviation infrastructure is something of a fixed-cost which would likely only respond to systemic changes in travel demand, economic impacts on maintenance or fueling, or possibly some other form of regulation (e.g. a penalty for inducing contrails).

> Is traveling less really that much to ask?

I'm currently on dating apps and the amount of people who define their personalities by their travel habits is staggering.

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