Sustainability and Environment
NBAA Calls Climate Report on Bizjets Flawed, Incomplete
NBAA’s Bolen questioned why readers weren’t given information about environmental advances in business aviation
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NBAA is disputing a recent report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) about business jet emissions, saying the findings provide an inaccurate and incomplete picture of private aviation.

The ICCT report claims private jets are “a large and growing source of air and climate pollution,” noting that a typical aircraft emits about 810 tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHG) a year, the equivalent of 177 passenger cars. While private jets are concentrated in the U.S., the report further claims that in 2023, private jets collectively emitted more GHGs than all flights departing from London Heathrow Airport. In addition, the report says taxation of private jets could generate “substantial revenue” to support aviation decarbonization.

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