Alaska Airlines targets ‘net zero’ carbon emissions by 2040 Published 3 days ago Share on Facebook Print article SEATTLE -- Alaska Airlines on Wednesday announced a plan to join the Amazon Climate Pledge and reduce the airline’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2040, with interim goals for specific cuts in carbon, waste, and water use by 2025. Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci called it a “bold path to reduce our climate impact near and long term.” Before 2020, when air travel was expanding worldwide, global airlines were facing pressure to curtail greenhouse gas emissions. That pressure has eased a little during the COVID-19 pandemic, but is still present especially in Europe.