Iata and the oneworld alliance will work together in the field of CO₂ emission calculations with all 13 oneworld member airlines committing to contributing operational data to Iata’s CO2 Connect emissions calculator.
This will further improve the quality and accuracy of the tool, as the percentage of airline-specific fuel burn data used by the calculator will substantially increase, with the data provided by the oneworld member airlines: Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Qantas, Royal Air Maroc, Royal Jordanian, and SriLankan Airlines.
Iata Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Chief Economist, Marie Owens Thomsen, said: “Travellers want to make informed choices regarding their CO₂ footprint and Iata CO2 Connect sets out to provide CO₂ emission calculations based on operational data. We are delighted that oneworld will become the first airline alliance to join this initiative, bringing in its 13 member airlines as data contributors. Their decision underscores the importance of the industry’s objective of providing consistency and alignment in this field.”
Iata launched CO2 Connect in June 2022, with the objective of using member airline data, such as fuel burn, belly cargo and load factors, to provide high-quality per flight passenger CO₂ emission calculations.
Paired with other Iata and open market data sources, Iata CO2 Connect calculates CO₂ emissions for 74 aircraft types, representing 98% of the active global passenger fleet, and considers traffic data from 881 aircraft operators representing 93% of global air travel.
Iata CO2 Connect data calculations are available to industry partners through an API or flat file, as well as via airline sales channels and travel management companies.
Iata CO2 Connect will continue to evolve and include new features, having just launched a corporate reporting solution to support the demand to accurately report CO₂ emissions from business travel, and will introduce CO₂ compensation solutions this year to support airlines and other industry partners.
