6 Major Airlines Ranked on Green Performance: New Skift Research


Skift Take

Pressure is growing on airlines to reduce their carbon emissions. But how do you do that when you burn through gallons of jet fuel? Our analysis found that airlines have made good progress in becoming more fuel efficient, but have a long way to go to make significant reductions in emissions long-term.
The airline industry faces increasing pressures to reduce its carbon emissions. Aviation contributes about 2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and while far from the most polluting industry, it is receiving more and more public scrutiny and needs to clean up its act. In Sustainability in Travel 2021: Environmental Performance of the Six Largest Airlines we use the short, medium, and l