WHITE PAPER JANUARY 2018 TRANSPACIFIC AIRLINE FUEL EFFICIENCY RANKING, 2016 Brandon Graver, Ph.D., and Daniel Rutherford, Ph.D. BEIJING | BERLIN | BRUSSELS | SAN FRANCISCO | WASHINGTON ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors thank Anastasia Kharina, Naya Olmer, and Joe Schultz for their review and support. We also acknowledge Airline Data Inc. for providing processed BTS data, and to FlightGlobal for Ascend Fleet data. Dimitri Simos provided technical assistance using the Piano model. This study was funded through the generous support of the Bekenstein Foundation. International Council on Clean Transportation 1225 I Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 USA
[email protected] | www.theicct.org | @TheICCT © 2018 International Council on Clean Transportation TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ iii 1. INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................1 2. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Airline Selection ................................................................................................................................2 2.2 Fuel Burn Modeling ..........................................................................................................................4 2.3 Fuel Efficiency Calculation ...........................................................................................................5