Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia
Airline CO2 Emissions (Asia) Air operations
Cathay Pacific
10,436,000 tonnes
g/ATK 627
g/RTK 866Singapore Airlines
13,462,000 tonnes
0.85 kg/LTKKLM Air France
26,422,000 tonnes JAL
19,960 metric tons
784 g CO2/ton-km
BA
16,100,000 tonnes (3% of total air transport CO2 emissions ) SAS
4,245,000 tonnes - Scandinavian Airlines Businesses
1,928,000 tonnes - Subsidiaries and affiliates
Lufthansa
21,293,772 tons
11.07 kg/100pkm (specific passenger transport)
Virgin Atlantic Airways
0.125 million tonnes per aircraft
0.125+ Kilograms of CO2 Emission / RPK for the fleetNOTE:
RPK - revenue passenger kmLTK - load tonne per km
Different airlines use different metrics to indicate performance. Consequently, it is difficult for investors to undertake meaningful comparisons.
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Data Sources
Air France KLM - Sustainable Development Report 2005-06
http://www.klm.com/travel/corporate_en/facts_figures/annual_reports/sustainability_report_2005_2006/index.htmBritish Airways –2005/06 Corporate Responsibility Report
http://www.britishairways.com/travel/crhome/public/en_gbCathay Pacific - Environmental Report 2005
http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_INTL/aboutus/community/environmentalJAL - CSR Report 2006
http://www.jal.com/en/environment/Lufthansa balance - Company Social / Responsibility / Environmental Corporate Citizenship key data on Sustainability at Lufthansa Issue 2006
http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/html/ueber_uns/balance/umwelt/index.htmlSAS Group - Annual Report & Sustainability Report 2005
http://www.sasbraathens.no/en/About-SAS-Braathens/Sustainability/?vst=trueSingapore Airlines - Environmental Report 2005/2006
http://www.singaporeair.com/saa/en_UK/content/company_info/responsibility/index.jspVirgin Atlantic - Corporate Responsibility 2004/05
http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/us/allaboutus/ourstory/corporateresponsibility.jsp