Citing a growing demand for CO2 data transparency on airline fuel burn information and load factors, IATA has launched an online tool that will allow travel agents and others to provide customers with accurate data to help them track, reduce, and report their carbon footprint on any given commercial passenger flight.
Based on “the most accurate CO2 emission calculations” possible, IATA CO2 Connect is available to companies within and outside the travel-value-chain, such as travel management companies (TMCs), travel agencies, airlines, and multinational corporation and provides information that goes well beyond theoretical data models that currently exist in the market today.
Users can access the relevant CO2 emissions data and integrate it in a customized manner into their existing flight booking tools. Travel managers or travellers can easily see the CO2 emissions per routing. The tool also permits the consolidation of data for reporting purposes.
IATA CO2 Connect utilizes the newly developed CO2 Calculation Methodology, adopted by IATA’s Passenger Service Conference in March this year, conceived by leading partners from 20 airlines and major aircraft manufacturers, in consultation with international standard-setting bodies and logistics services providers.
Created in partnership with American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), CO2 Connect ultimately enables travellers to make better informed booking decisions.
“Flying sustainably and cutting CO2 emissions is a top priority. The aviation sector is working to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and travellers want to be more aware of their carbon footprint,” says IATA Sr. VP Frederic Leger. “With IATA CO2 Connect, individuals and corporate travel managers can get standardized accurate calculations to make the most sustainable choices for their air travel taking into consideration aircraft types, routings and class of service. Importantly, data can be consolidated for corporate reporting purposes,”
Companies interested in accessing IATA CO2 Connect can integrate the data into existing travel management solutions via Application Programing Interface (API) or flat file technology/format.
In contrast to many existing CO2 calculators, IATA CO2 Connect uses primary data from airlines. Emissions are calculated with the first industry-developed passenger CO2 Calculation Methodology which takes into account:
• Guidance on fuel measurement, aligned with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA)
• Clearly defined scope to calculate CO2 emissions in relation to airlines’ flying activities
• Guidance on non-CO2 related emissions and Radiative Forcing Index (RFI)
• Weight based calculation principle: allocation of CO2 emission by passenger and belly cargo
• Guidance on passenger weight, using actual and standard weight
• Emissions Factor for conversion of jet fuel consumption to CO2, fully aligned with CORSIA
• Cabin class weighting and multipliers to reflect different cabin configurations of airlines
• Guidance on carbon offsets and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as part of the CO2 calculation.
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