Description: Calculating the Carbon Footprint from Different Classes of Air Travel

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Calculating the Carbon Footprint from Different Classes of Air Travel

This paper develops a new methodology for calculating the "carbon footprint" of air travel whereby emissions from travel in premium (business and first) classes depend heavily on the average class-specific occupied floor space. Unlike met...

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Main Authors:	Bofinger, Heinrich, Strand, Jon
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AIR AIR CARRIER AIR PASSENGER AIR ROUTES AIR TRANSPORT AIR TRAVEL AIR TRAVELERS AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT EMISSIONS AIRCRAFT FUEL AIRCRAFT FUEL CONSUMPTION AIRCRAFT SIZE AIRCRAFT TYPES AIRPORT AIRPORTS ALBEDO ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL ALTITUDE ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AVERAGE LOAD FACTOR AVERAGE LOAD FACTORS AVERAGE PASSENGER AVERAGE TRIP LENGTH AVIATION ACTIVITY AVIATION FUEL AVIATION INDUSTRY AVIATION SECTOR BASES CALCULATION CARBON CARBON EMISSION CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON FOOTPRINT CARBON OFFSETTING CARBON PRICES CARBON TAXES CARRIERS CH4 CIRRUS CLOUD CIRRUS CLOUDS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE EFFECT CLOUD CLOUD CONDENSATION CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI CO CO2 CONSUMPTION PATTERNS ECONOMICS EMISSION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM AVIATION EMISSIONS QUOTAS EMISSIVITY ENGINES ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AVIATION EQUILIBRIUM EXTERNALITIES FARES FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FIXED COSTS FLIGHT DISTANCE FLOOR SPACE FREIGHT FUEL FUEL BURN FUEL CHARGES FUEL CONSUMPTION FUEL COST FUEL COSTS FUEL ECONOMY FUEL EFFICIENCY FUEL PRICE FUEL TANKS GASES GHG GHGS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HIGH FUEL CONSUMPTION IMPACT OF AVIATION EMISSIONS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL AVIATION INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL IPCC LOAD FACTORS METHANE MILEAGE MOBILITY MONTREAL NATIONAL EMISSIONS NITROGEN NITROGEN OXIDES NOX O3 OZONE PARTICLES PASSENGER TRANSPORT PASSENGERS PE PP RADIATIVE FORCING RAIL RAIL TRAVEL ROUTE SPAN SPREADING STRATOSPHERE SULPHATE SULPHUR SURCHARGES TAX TRANSPORTATION TRAVEL ACTIVITY TRAVEL DATA TRAVELERS TRIP TRIP LENGTH TRIPS TROPOSPHERE TRUE VEHICLE VEHICLE FLEET WATER VAPOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17784322/calculating-carbon-footprint-different-classes-air-travel http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15602

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Summary:	This paper develops a new methodology for calculating the "carbon footprint" of air travel whereby emissions from travel in premium (business and first) classes depend heavily on the average class-specific occupied floor space. Unlike methods currently used for the purpose, the approach properly accounts for the fact that the relative number of passenger seats in economy and premium classes is endogenous in the longer term, so adding one additional premium trip crowds out more than one economy trip on any particular flight. It also shows how these differences in carbon attributable to different classes of travel in a carbon footprint calculation correspond to how carbon surcharges on different classes of travel would differ if carbon emissions from international aviation were taxed given a competitive aviation sector globally. The paper shows how this approach affects carbon footprint calculations by applying it to World Bank staff travel for calendar year 2009.