March aviation CO2 data shows the UK has by far the highest emissions in Europe

29.4.2010

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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