Flying first class on a single domestic round trip can contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than a year of driving
Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2019
Greenhouse gas emissions were examined for 17 nonstop flights with round-trip distances ranging from 131 miles to 19,040 miles. Furthermore, myclimate accounts for other warming effects of aircraft emissions (through changes in the ozone layer, initiation of contrails, formation of cirrus clouds, etc.) pounds per passenger mile.
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