Tuifly, Condor & Co. – Global air traffic is clearly missing its climate targets

But most airlines have hardly succeeded in reducing kerosene consumption and thus reducing CO2 emissions and other environmental damage caused by contrails, for example, according to a ranking of airlines by the environmental organization ‘Atmosfair’, presented at the climate conference in Baku.

According to this data, international passenger airlines will have only improved their CO2 efficiency by just under six percent in 2023 compared to the pre-Corona year 2019, which corresponds to approximately 1.4 percent on an annual basis.

However, because the number of flights continues to grow, four percent is needed annually to achieve the climate goals agreed in Paris.

Even the annual climate targets of the civil aviation organization ICAO of two percent, which the environmental organization believes are inadequate, have not been achieved.

Sustainably produced fuels are rarely used
In addition, companies have made little progress in modernizing their fleets, although modern engines can reduce kerosene consumption by as much as 30 percent. The background to this is supply problems at the two dominant manufacturers Boeing and Airbus.

• Airlines with a relatively old fleet therefore lagged behind in the rankings, such as the core company LufthansaGroup, which dropped from 66th place in 2019 to 97th place.
• Condor deteriorated from ninth to 36th place and the Tuifly from fourth place to fourteenth.
• The most favorable efficiency values ​​were achieved Tuif Netherlands and the airline, which was only founded in 2018 Starlux from Taiwan with brand new aircraft.