Flying consciously.
Air travel accounts for around 3% of global CO2 emissions and therefore has an impact on our environment. Through Climate Austria, you can calculate the CO2 emissions from your flights and make a voluntary climate protection contribution for those emissions.
How to fly more consciously.
In addition to CO2, air travel also produces other emissions, such as nitrogen oxides and water vapour. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) recommends multiplying CO2 emissions by the so-called RFI-factor (Radiative Forcing Index) when calculating emissions from air travel in order to adequately reflect these additional effects.
You can easily calculate emissions for any flight and make a voluntary climate protection contribution via Climate Austria.
How does Climate Austria calculate flight emissions?
Most flight emissions calculators generally use great circle distances to calculate CO2 emissions from air travel. Great circle distances provide a simple estimate based on the shortest distance between two points. Kerosene consumption data, on the other hand, takes into account actual fuel consumption, aircraft type and flight conditions and therefore provides more accurate results. The choice of approach depends on the availability of detailed data and the desired level of accuracy. Currently, our calculation method in the flight emissions calculator is based on kerosine consumption data (burn-off data) / real-time data from our long-standing co-operation partner Austrian Airlines. This data is updated at regular intervals.
Why do different flight emissions calculators provide different emission data?
Flight emissions calculators provide different results because they use different data sources, calculation models and assumptions. The frequency of data updates and the consideration of specific flight routes also influence the results. Different methods and algorithms therefore lead to different emission values. Climate Austria has always relied on real data from our co-operation partner Austrian Airlines when calculating CO2 emissions from air traffic, as we are convinced that this enables us to provide our customers with more accurate CO2 emission values.
Flying more sustainably with Austrian Airlines.
Climate Austria has been cooperating with Austria's major airline since 2008.
In addition to a CO2 reduction with the purchase of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), you can support national and international climate protection projects when booking your Austrian Airlines flight online.
Learn more by visiting Austrian Airlines www.austrian.com
