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‘Flying Shame’ Is Now Starting to Ground Swedish Business Travel

An SAS AB airplane at Arlanda airport in Stockholm, Sweden.

Photographer: Linus Hook/Bloomberg

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Sweden’s biggest companies are looking for ways to stop polluting the skies.

A phenomenon known as flying shame, which has more and more Swedes shunning airplanes, is spreading to business travel, adding to woes for an industry already hit by the rise of video conferencing and other digital solutions.