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Global airline association attracts more airline partners to its emissions calculator
October 9th 2023
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said late last week five more airlines or airline groups have joined its CO₂ Connect emissions calculator program. Read More » The airline lobby group said Aerolineas Argentinas, Air Baltic, LATAM Airlines Group, Luxair and Nile Air had joined CO₂ Connect which uses airline data, including fuel burn, belly cargo and load factors, to calculate per passenger CO₂ emissions. IATA receives operational data from about 150 airlines. “Accessing the most accurate operational data is key to achieving global consistency and alignment in CO₂ emissions calculations,” IATA senior vice president commercial products and services, Frederic Leger, said. “Continuously expanding our data sources will enhance IATA CO₂ Connect’s calculation quality far beyond any theory-based or model-based tools can achieve.”
