Why is airline sustainability important?

Sustainable aviation fuels have great potential for securing the sustainable growth of air travel as they could reduce CO2 emissions by around 80% compared with fossil fuels, without the need to radically change the fuel supply systems or engines of aircraft.



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Airplanes burn fossil fuel which not only releases CO2 emissions but also has strong warming non-CO2 effects due to nitrogen oxides (NOx), vapour trails and cloud formation triggered by the altitude at which aircraft operate.

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Turkish Airlines has been crowned the 'Most Sustainable Flag Carrier Airline' in World Finance's Sustainability Awards 2023, having won the same award last year.

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The 3 pillars of sustainability: environmental, social and economic.

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Ryanair became the first EU airline to start publishing monthly greenhouse gas data last year. With the youngest fleet and highest load factors, Ryanair is Europe's greenest/cleanest major airline, said chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs.

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The first ever ranking of total airline emissions has the German carrier Lufthansa at the top with 19.11 million tonnes of CO2, closely followed by British Airways with 18.38 million.

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