Airlines And The Environment

Aircraft fuel efficiency matches those of modern cars: 3.5 liters per passenger per 100 kilometers.

Latest aircraft (A380 and B787) target fuel consumption of less than three liters per passenger per 100 kilometers: better than any passenger car on the marke.t

An additional 50 percent CO reduction per passenger kilometer is expected during the next 20 years.

Air Transport accounts for about 13 percent of fossil fuel consumption by transportation worldwide. Road transport consumes 75 percent.

Modern aircraft yields 70 percent less fuel and CO emissions per passenger kilometer compared with the 1970s.

IATA Member Airlines improved fuel efficiency by 3.4 percent in 2004 over 2003.

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