{"id":139402,"date":"2025-05-05T07:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/europes-top-10-most-polluting-airlines-revealed-in-new-report-calling-for-carbon-market-review\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T07:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T04:54:12","slug":"europes-top-10-most-polluting-airlines-revealed-in-new-report-calling-for-carbon-market-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/europes-top-10-most-polluting-airlines-revealed-in-new-report-calling-for-carbon-market-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe\u2019s top 10 most polluting airlines revealed in new report calling for carbon market review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139402\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Expanding the scope of key legislation would not only curb plane emissions, but could generate billions for the green transition, new analysis shows. Emissions from flights in Europe last year soared to reach almost pre-COVID levels, according to a new study that calls for proper pricing of this pollution.<\/p>\n<p>8.4 million flights departed from European airports in 2024, generating 187.6 million tonnes (Mt) of CO\u2082, campaign group Transport &amp; Environment (T&amp;E) calculates. That\u2019s 96 per cent of 2019 flight numbers and 98 per cent of emissions. But as aviation\u2019s carbon market rules are \u201criddled with exemptions\u201d, T&amp;E claims that airlines were spared from paying for 70 per cent of the pollution they caused. \u201cAviation emissions are spiralling out of control. To add insult to injury, the sector continues to dodge the true cost of its pollution, making a mockery of airlines\u2019 pledges to build back greener after COVID,\u201d says Krisztina Hencz, aviation policy manager at T&amp;E.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Europe continues down this path, \u2018green\u2019 aviation will remain a figment of people\u2019s imaginations.\u201dAn upcoming review of EU carbon markets next year is a chance to correct a loophole in the current legislation, she adds, and ensure airlines fully account for their pollution.<\/p>\n<p><em>What are the most polluting airlines in Europe?<\/em><br \/>\nJust ten airlines were responsible for 40 per cent of all European aviation emissions last year, with the top polluters being Ryanair (16.2 Mt CO2), Lufthansa (10 Mt CO2) and British Airways (8.9 Mt CO2). These figures represent a 9 per cent, 6 per cent, and 3 per cent increase on 2023 emissions, respectively. Next on the list is Air France, pumping out 8.2 Mt CO2 &#8211; though that\u2019s actually a 1 per cent drop on the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the top 10 is rounded out by easyJet, Emirates, KLM, Wizz Air, Iberia &#8211; which had the highest year-on-year increase in emissions at 10 per cent &#8211; and United Airlines. The study also charts the continuing trend of low-cost carrier expansion in the European aviation industry. This is even the case in the market outside of Europe, which is usually dominated by flagship carriers like Lufthansa and Air France.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, airlines only have to pay for emissions for flights within the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK and Switzerland. But it is, of course, long-haul journeys that are the most polluting. The highest-emitting routes departing Europe in 2024 were all intercontinental, with London-New York topping the list, releasing over 1.4 Mt of CO\u2082 for departing flights. London to Dubai (1.2Mt) and London to Singapore (1.1Mt) followed. The first EU-originating flight to appear in the ranking was the Frankfurt-Shanghai route in 5th place, emitting 0.8 Mt of CO\u2082 for departing flights.<\/p>\n<p>The first route that is included in the current scope of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Barcelona-London, was a lowly 135th on the ranking, producing 0.15Mt of CO\u2082. This means that no airline had to pay for emissions on the most polluting routes departing from Europe &#8211; which T&amp;E believes is a \u201cfundamental flaw\u201d and a huge missed opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>France\u2019s short-haul flight ban one year on: Has it encouraged more people to take the train?<br \/>\nHow could airlines be made to cover the true cost of pollution? Extending the scope of Europe\u2019s carbon markets to all departing flights would deliver significant climate benefits and generate revenues, according to the campaigners.<\/p>\n<p>T&amp;E estimates that an extension of the EU and UK ETS would have generated an additional \u20ac7.5 billion in 2024 if extra-European emissions were priced. This could have supported the development of green technologies like sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) and electric and hydrogen aircraft. The EU will review its ETS next year, presenting the opportunity to address this omission by extending its scope to all departing flights.<\/p>\n<p>But the review will come amid signs of climate backtracking from the aviation industry, T&amp;E warns, with the CEOs of prominent airlines &#8211; including Ryanair and Air France &#8211; calling on the EU to weaken its carbon pricing rules.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2025\/05\/01\/europes-top-10-most-polluting-airlines-revealed-in-new-report-calling-for-carbon-market-re\">Euronews Green<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/europes-top-10-most-polluting-airlines-revealed-in-new-report-calling-for-carbon-market-review\/\">Europe\u2019s top 10 most polluting airlines revealed in new report calling for carbon market review<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[7067,575,696,3277],"class_list":["post-139402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-airline","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-europe","tag-polluting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}