Air versus terrestrial transport modalities: An energy and environmental comparison

M. Federici, S. Ulgiati and R. Basosi

Energy, 2009, vol. 34, issue 10, 1493-1503

Abstract: In the last 15 years, worldwide air transportation has grown at an average yearly rate of 4.5%. Forecasts confirm that this could be the average increase rate for the next 20 years, although recent oscillation of oil price translated into a slowing down of such a trend, with several air companies forced out of business. Within this framework, low cost airlines keep increasing their market share, in so making airplane to compete with terrestrial transport modalities, not only for medium and long distance, but also for short trips. This is because air transport is obviously faster than transport by trains and cars, and most often it also is a cheaper option in money terms.

Keywords: Air transport; Fuel consumption; Material intensity; Energy efficiency; Emergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.06.038

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