An analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions profile of airlines flying the Australian international market |
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| Affiliation: | 1. College of Civil Aviation, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom;1. Department of Civil Engineering, Energy, Environment and Materials (DICEAM), Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria, Italy;2. Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Material Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, School of Engineering and Architecture, Viale del Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy;1. College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China;2. School of Public Administration, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210023, China;1. Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States;2. Environmental Defense Fund, 1875 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009, United States |
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| Abstract: | International commercial flights (with the exception of flights between countries in European Union including Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein) are currently not subject to greenhouse gas emission reduction regulation. To formulate effective and efficiency policy to manage greenhouse gas emissions from air transport, policy makers need to determine the emissions profiles of all airlines currently flying into their country or region. In this paper, we use 2012 data on airlines' aircraft characteristics, passenger load and cargo load (obtained from statistics reported by Australian Government Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics) to estimate the volume and carbon efficiency on each international route flying to and from Australia. This is the first study to use actual passenger and cargo load data to determine the greenhouse gas (specifically CO2) efficiency of airlines operating in the Australian international aviation market. Airlines' CO2 emission profile is dependent on many factors including but not limited to the aircraft used, payload, route taken, weather conditions. Our results reveal that the airlines’ CO2 emission profile is not only dependent on the aircraft used and the number of passengers but also the amount of cargo on each flight. |
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| Keywords: | International air travel Greenhouse gas emissions Carbon efficiency Aircraft type Airline payload |
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