DOMESTIC AVIATION

GHG emission statistics from domestic flights and analysis.

STATISTICS

▫️ The most major contributors to the carbon dioxide levels in the local aviation sector are the following airports.

▫️ Bandaranaike International Airport is the airport responsible for the greatest carbon emissions as it is the most used airport in Sri Lanka.

▫️ The following data was recorded in a research conducted by the University of Moratuwa.

▫️ The following graphs show the fuel burnt by and the CO₂ released by aircrafts.

As per data obtained from World Data Bank and Knoema

▫️ The following graph shows the predicted carbon emissions from flights in Sri Lanka.

As per data from the Civil Aviation Authority of SL and ResearchGate

▫️ You can use the following calculator from NASA to calculate the carbon footprint of your next flight!

▫️ The ground support vehicles such as catering trucks can all be converted to run on battery-powered engines.

▫️ The still-developing electrofuel technology can also be used, however it produces large quantities of water vapour, another GHG.

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