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Your carbon footprint
- The carbon footprint of your travel is the amount of greenhouse gases you generate while getting from A to B.
- These are measured in grams of carbon dioxide equivalents per passenger kilometre. Or CO2eq per km.
- This includes carbon dioxide as well as other greenhouse gases and also factors in the increased warming effects of aviation emissions at altitude.
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Tips for more sustainable air travel
1
Try to book direct flights whenever you can: it’s the take-offs and landings that create most of an airplane’s carbon emissions.
2
Travel in economy class, which maximises the number of passengers that each flight can carry.
3
Pack light so you can do your bit to reduce the total weight of the aircraft and therefore positively affect its fuel consumption.
4
Go paper-free and opt for digital tickets and boarding passes.
5
Avoid single use plastics by bringing your own water bottle and ear phones.
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