March aviation CO2 data shows the UK has by far the highest emissions in Europe
Date added: 29 April, 2010
29.4.2010
RDC Aviation produces useful and interesting data on aviation in Europe. It
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Their data for the carbon emissions from the European aviation industry for March
show that the UK has by far the largest emissions of any country in the EU.
In March, UK aviation emitted 4,591.019 tonnes of CO2, with the next country
Germany with 3.380,864 tonnes, and then France at 2,437,198 tonnes. (UK is 25%
of the EU total).
Heathrow is by far the airport responsible for the most emissions of CO2. In
March, 1,739,734 tonnes of CO2, with Frankfurt in second place at 1,133,326 tonnes,
and Charles de Gaulle at 985,933 tonnes.
As for airlines, Lufthansa comes out as having the most emisisons, followed closely
by BA, then Air France, then KLM, then Ryanair, Iberia and then EasyJet.
They do say the calcuations are approximate, and based on a distance based formula
only.
Some of the figures are shown below:
CO2 By Country – March 2010 (just showing the top 8 here) Tonnes CO2 |
Country | March 2010 | Rolling 12 months |
United Kingdom (25% of the EU total) | 4,591,019 | 59,676,934 |
Germany | 3,380,864 | 42,119,240 |
France | 2,437,198 | 30,640,895 |
Spain and Canary Islands | 2,051,014 | 27,238,665 |
Netherlands | 1,431,069 | 17,142,342 |
Italy | 1,414,737 | 17,766,407 |
Belgium | 406,898 | 4,966,359 |
Portugal | 388,586 | 5,094,984 |
The tables and charts below depict estimated CO2 output from scheduled commercial aviation at an origin or destination within the scope of ETS. The data has been generated using methodology for calculating fuel burn and conversion factors as directed by the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change and ratified using proprietary RDC Aviation Ltd systems. Schedule feeds are taken from Innovata. Tonnes CO2 – just showing the top 10 here: |
Airport | March 2010 | Rolling 12 months |
London – Heathrow | 1,739,734 | 21,615,337 |
Frankfurt | 1,133,326 | 13,850,971 |
Paris – Charles De Gaulle | 985,933 | 12,459,204 |
Amsterdam – Schiphol | 791,891 | 9,507,164 |
Madrid | 590,556 | 7,266,151 |
Rome – Fiumicino | 389,213 | 4,846,258 |
Munich | 351,171 | 4,347,887 |
London – Gatwick | 341,707 | 4,677,477 |
Barcelona | 260,231 | 3,439,562 |
Milan – Malpensa | 226,010 | 2,691,27 |
Just showing the top 11 here:
Airline | March 2010 | Rolling 12 months |
Lufthansa | 1,583,632 | 19,093,956 |
British Airways | 1,511,626 | 18,645,484 |
Air France | 1,264,487 | 15,485,525 |
KLM | 907,774 | 10,921,706 |
Ryanair | 746,386 | 9,675,509 |
Iberia | 705,531 | 8,768,755 |
easyJet | 603,285 | 7,753,817 |
United Airlines | 463,844 | 5,807,879 |
Delta Airlines | 456,515 | 5,475,574 |
airberlin | 426,882 | 5,236,342 |
Virgin Atlantic Airways | 353,297 | 4,418,039 |
Posted: Thursday, April 29th, 2010. Filed in Climate Change News.