Aircraft emissions fall sharply as pandemic grounds flights
Aeroplane emissions fell by almost a third last month as the coronavirus lockdown grounded flights around the world, a drop in emissions equivalent of taking about 6m cars off the road. An FT analysis of more than 6m flights found that as much as 28m fewer tonnes of carbon dioxide were emitted in March as nearly 1m flights were cancelled globally. This is equivalent to a month of the UK’s total carbon dioxide emissions and constitutes a drop of 31% from the comparable period last year. The number of scheduled flights in the last week of March was almost half that of the same period a year ago, according to OAG as govts around the world grounded air travel in an effort to contain the pandemic. Globally, flight numbers are down 70% so far this month, according to IATA. <br/>
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Aircraft emissions fall sharply as pandemic grounds flights
Aeroplane emissions fell by almost a third last month as the coronavirus lockdown grounded flights around the world, a drop in emissions equivalent of taking about 6m cars off the road. An FT analysis of more than 6m flights found that as much as 28m fewer tonnes of carbon dioxide were emitted in March as nearly 1m flights were cancelled globally. This is equivalent to a month of the UK’s total carbon dioxide emissions and constitutes a drop of 31% from the comparable period last year. The number of scheduled flights in the last week of March was almost half that of the same period a year ago, according to OAG as govts around the world grounded air travel in an effort to contain the pandemic. Globally, flight numbers are down 70% so far this month, according to IATA. <br/>
