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Ryanair comes top in airline eco survey
Friday, 27 Sep, 2011
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World airlines compared on a multitude of sustainable criteria
A recent report put Ryanair clear top of a number of big world airlines on a range of efficiency and carbon-related issues.
Key findings of the report include:
- Airline efficiency varies dramatically due to aircraft, routes, and payloads. Continental, JetBlue, and Frontier earned the highest efficiency ratings among the 20 largest airlines in the U.S. market, with last-place American Eagle emitting more than twice as much carbon per passenger per mile. Internationally, Ryanair, Singapore Airlines, and Delta claimed top rankings for efficiency among the 20 largest airlines, with SAS rated the worst.
- Carbon efficiency per passenger per mile varies tenfold across the industry. This finding runs counter to standard carbon accounting practices that treat flight efficiency as relatively uniform and lead to major inaccuracies and lost opportunities.
- Focusing on efficiency provides new opportunities for cutting carbon footprints. An analysis of more than 300,000 employee flights at two of the largest American corporations revealed that these companies could cut their travellers’ carbon footprints by as much as 40% simply by choosing more efficient flights serving the same routes, without necessarily increasing ticket prices.
- Five key drivers account for the wide disparity in flight efficiency. Aircraft fuel economy, passenger load factor, seat density, freight share and distance are critical factors for accurate flight carbon measurement and management.
- Market trends in the aviation industry are driving evolutions in flight efficiency. Air travel efficiency has increased 20% since 2000, an improvement that in the US has saved airlines and travelers more than $33 billion on fuel and prevented the release of 670 billion pounds of CO2e.
The report is available for free download at: http://brighterplanet.com/
Valere Tjolle
Valere is editor of the Sustainable Tourism Report Suite 2011 Special Offers HERE
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