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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Bofinger, Heinrich, Strand, Jon
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-05
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15602
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