Sustainability and Environment
EPA: U.S. Business Jet and Turboprop CO2 Emissions Down 38% since 2005
Emissions fell despite a 23% increase in flight hours
Gulfstream G650 engine
Every new model of business aircraft is as much as 30 percent more efficient than a model it replaces, according to NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen. © Chad Trautvetter/AIN

Carbon dioxide emissions of turbine business aircraft departing from U.S. airports are down 38 percent from 2005, meaning the industry appears to be well on its way to achieving its long-term goal of halving emissions by 2050 relative to 2005 levels—at least in the U.S. This is according to data from the Environmental Protect Agency’s (EPA) latest annual inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, released yesterday.

In 2022—the most current year for which EPA has data—turbine business aircraft accounted for 9.8 percent of the 231.5 million tonnes of CO2 emissions of all turbine aircraft operations in the U.S. and just 1.3 percent of all transportation emissions in the U.S. These calculations apply to fuel purchased in the U.S. and used by aircraft taking off from U.S. airports.

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