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Industry environmental statistics

Globally:

  • Aviation currently accounts for 2-3% of global carbon emissions.
  • Since 1990, industry fuel efficiency has improved by 52%.
  • Aircraft have become circa 75% less noisy in the past 30 years.
  • Worldwide, flights produced 915 million tonnes of CO2 in 2019.
  • Humans produced over 42 billion tonnes of CO2.

 

At European level:

  • Aviation accounted for 3.6% of total EU28 GHG emissions in 2016.
  • There has been a 24% reduction in fuel consumption per passenger.

 

ERA member airlines:

  • Accounted for 13.3 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2019.
  • Represent 7.76% of aviation emissions and 1.43% of the EU’s total transport emissions.

 

Source: ATAG/IATA/EEA/ECTL