sign in sign up
<<
Home , Transatlantic flight

fact sheet: U.S. and

november 2015 [email protected] www.theicct.org

TRANSATLANTIC FUEL EFFICIENCY RANKING, 2014

A new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation compares the top 20 on transatlantic routes in terms of fuel efficiency (i.e., carbon intensity) in 2014.

ICELAND

KEF

FINLAND 5

SWEDEN 1 9

LABRADOR OSL SEA 14 ESTONIA

DENMARK NORTH A 8 E LATVIA SEA S UNITED SVO 2 IC KINGDOM CPH LT 6 BA 2 17 16 19

2 NETHERLANDS BELARUS DUB AMS 12 POLAND 19 LHR 17 BELGIUM DUS

FRA CZECH REP. UKRAINE CDG SLOVAKIA CANADA 14 FRANCE ZRH HUNGARY AUSTRIA MOLDOVA SWITZ. 12 ROMANIA 9

YYZ 9 BLACK SEA ORD DTW BOS 6 GEORGIA FCO IST EWR JFK MAD ARMENIA TURKEY SPAIN GREECE

UNITED STATES

CYPRUS MALTA SYRIA CLT TUNISIA IRAQ LEBANON NORTH MEDITERRANEAN SEA WEST BANK ISRAEL

JORDAN KUWA

kg CO2 per ALGERIA kg CO2 per SAUDI ARABIA R E Rank Airline Airport pair pax-km/L round-trip itinerary Rank WESTERNAirline Airport pair pax-km/LLIBYAround-trip itinerary D

EGYPT S SAHARA E A 1 JFK & OSL 42 720 9 CDG & JFK 32 930

CUBA & & 2 DOMINICAN DUS JFK 36 840 12 FCO JFK 31 1100 HAITI REP. MAURITANIA MALI JAMAICA NIGER EMALA BELIZE 2 AMS & JFK 36 830 12 JFK & ZRH 31 1000 CHAD ERITREA HONDURAS CARIBBEAN SEA & 36 720 & EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA 2 DUB JFK 14GAMBIA BURKINCLTA FRA 30 1200 SUDAN DJIBOUTI GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA NIGERIA & &BENI N COSTA RICA 5 JFK SVO 35 1100 14 CPH EWR 30 1000 CÔTE GHANA VENEZUELA D'IVOIRE PANAMA TOGO CENTRAL SIERRA LEONE AFRICAN REPUBLIC ETHIOPIA 6 ISTGUYANA & JFK 34 1200 16 LHR & ORD CAMEROON29 1100 FRENCH GUIANA LIBERIA SURINAME COLOMBIA & & 6 AMS DTW 34 1000 17 JFK LHR 28 1000 UGANDA SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE EQUAT. GUINEA KENYA

ECUADO8R LHR & YYZ 33 870 17 LHR & EWR 28 DEM. REP.1000 OF CONGO RWANDA GABON CONGO & 32 620 & 9 BOS KEF 19 FRA JFK 27 1200BURUNDI TANZANIA

PERU 9 JFK & MAD 32 920 19 LHR & JFK 27 1100

Fuel efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions for nonstop, round-trip intinerary, top 20 airlines’ most prevalent routes, 2014. Fact sheet TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINE FUEL EFFICIENCY RANKING, 2014

Highlights »» Airlines that have invested in new, advanced (e.g., ) are »» The gap between the most and least fuel-efficient significantly more fuel-efficient than airlines airlines on 2014 transatlantic operations was flying older planes, highlighting the crucial role 51%. That is roughly twice the performance gap of technology (and thus performance standards) between the best and worst U.S. airlines on in driving down fuel consumption and associated domestic operations (25% in 2014). carbon emissions. »» The three least-efficient airlines (, »» The impact of premium seating on emissions SAS, and ) were collectively is substantial: first class and business seats responsible for one-fifth of transatlantic available accounted for only 14% of available seat kilometers seat kilometers and burned 44%-51% more fuel flown on transatlantic routes but approximately per passenger kilometer than the most efficient, one-third of total carbon emissions. For carriers Norwegian Air Shuttle. like British Airways and Swiss, premium seating »» A nonstop round-trip transatlantic flight averaged was responsible for almost one-half of their total

about one tonne of CO2 emissions per passenger, emissions from passenger travel. equivalent to emissions from a 35-kilometer daily commute in a Toyota Prius over a work year. Background »» Seating configuration and aircraft fuel burn (i.e., »» Globally, aircraft emitted about 700 million metric fuel economy of the aircraft operated) are the tons of CO2 in 2013. If global aviation were a two most important factors influencing airline country, it would rank 21st in terms of GDP, but 7th fuel efficiency; together they explain about 80% in terms of CO2 emissions, just behind Germany of the variation in fuel efficiency among the and well ahead of South Korea. airlines studied. »» Absent policy interventions, aviation emissions »» Passenger load factor (i.e., percentage of seats are on pace to triple by 2050 — a period in which filled) and freight carriage are relatively less many developed countries hope to reduce their important drivers of fuel efficiency. emissions by up to 80%.

Excess fuel/ Pax-km/L fuel pax-km 1. Norwegian 40 — 2. Airberlin 35 +14% 3. 34 +20% 4. KLM 33 +22% 4. 33 +22% 4. Aeroflot 33 +22% 4. Turkish 33 +22%

4. 33 +22%

9. Delta 32 +26% 9. 32 +26% 11. 31 +30% 11. American 31 +30% 11. 31 +30% 14. United 30 +36% 15. US Airways 29 +38% 15. 29 +38% 15. Swiss 29 +38% 18. Lufthansa 28 +44% 18. SAS 28 +44% 20. British Airways 27 +51% INDUSTRY AVERAGE

Average overall fuel efficiency of the top 20 airlines on transatlantic routes, 2014 Fact sheet TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINE FUEL EFFICIENCY RANKING, 2014

»» The International Civil Aviation Organization »» The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2015 (ICAO) has committed to develop a global published a draft “endangerment finding,” which

framework — an aircraft CO2 (efficiency) standard is the first formal step toward regulating aviation and a framework for market-based measures — greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The

for controlling CO2 emissions from aviation by eventual outcome will be a rule to limit emissions 2016. But the process has been hampered by — either U.S. domestic enforcement of ICAO’s

disagreements over how to equitably distribute CO2 emission standard for new aircraft or a more reduction targets by country or carrier. stringent U.S.–only aircraft standard. »» The European Union in 2012 suspended its action »» Delegates to the 21st session of the Conference requiring foreign air carriers flying to or from EU of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP 21) will be airports to participate in the EU Emissions Trading meeting in early December at ’s Le Bourget System. An insufficiently effective MBM framework Airport. Among other issues, they will discuss agreement from ICAO could cause the EU to how to incorporate greenhouse gas emissions reimpose that requirement. from international aviation into a global climate protection framework.

PUBLICATION INFORMATION CONTACT Transatlantic Airline Fuel Efficiency Ranking, 2014 Dan Rutherford, 650.336.3536, [email protected] Authors: Irene Kwan and Daniel Rutherford, Ph.D. Irene Kwan, 415.202.5755, [email protected]

DOWNLOAD www.theicct.org/transatlantic-airline-efficiency-2014

The International Council on Clean Transportation is an independent nonprofit organization founded to provide first-rate, unbiased research and technical and scientific analysis to environmental regulators. 2015 © International Council on Clean Transportation

Beijing | | Brussels | San Francisco | Washington