Atmosfair with Environment Rankings for Airlines

The compensation provider for the first time compiled a list of the most environmentally friendly airline - with surprising results. Similar to refrigerators and light bulbs usual, Atmosfair divided the airlines into Efficiency: The less CO2 emissions caused an airline to carry one passenger over a certain distance, the more efficient it is.

The categories A and B of this in the relatively complex calculations not only of the 116 investigated Airlines.

On the three top places to land on the short-range to 800 kilometers Air Europa, Kingfisher and Air New Zealand Link, are on the medium-range to 3,800 kilometers is Monarch Airlines and Eva Air, and on long-haul Air Transat, Alaska Airlines, and LAN. Lufthansa German Airlines ranks in the middle.

According Atmosfair Airline Index ( AAI ), the fuel consumption per passenger kilometer airline be very different one. Crucial to a good result is mainly young aircraft, close seating, and high utilization rates.

Not represented in the index are the low cost carriers. This one was deliberately excluded, Atmosfair CEO Dietrich Brock Hagen told the TAZ, because no one wanted to support their business model.

For the AAI, the airlines should young with their new and narrow cabin layout machines do not cut probably bad. "But we do not think the Ryanair customer, says with regard to our index: Great, that's totally organic, because I immediately book another flight," said Brock Hagen in the TAZ.