Livingston said he expects to see a "squeeze" on the industry, which he explained as "a constraint on growth in air traffic in the West", predicting an increase in high-end holidays at the expense of low-cost travel and "cheapo flights".
He said: "One of the adjustments your industry is going to face is that, as the rest of the world increases their air travel, in the West we will have to constrain ours. There isn't going to be an energy efficient aircraft."
He later claimed that "54% of flights out of Britain are of people earning £40,000 or more. It is already a class issue, that's why I am in favour of improving the quality of what we offer at home", adding, "we have got to reduce our carbon emissions".
Addressing the reduction of carbon emissions and preparation for the effects of climate change, Livingstone said: "You need people with the far-sight enough to take a risk and see it through, if we do that, we can tackle the problems of climate change."
"[The travel] industry will be massively impacted by climate change. It's important that you think ahead and say 'I will take a hit', so we prepare for that, and exploit it."
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