Monetary mapping of the climate footprint of air travel to a single airport

Richard Klophaus and Gregor Julius Lauth

Journal of Air Transport Management, 2022, vol. 101, issue C

Abstract: The annual climate costs of an individual airport are calculated accounting for its global rather than local environmental impact. By mapping the climate footprint of air travel to an airport instead of airlines, flights or passengers, the potential climate cost savings can be derived if all scheduled air services at an airport were to be suspended. The approach is used in an empirical case study for a medium-sized airport in Germany. The climate impact of scheduled air travel to and from this airport within a specified year is thus given a price tag that considers greenhouse gases beyond carbon dioxide. It is argued that the airport's climate costs are low compared to its economic benefits.

Keywords: Greenhouse gases; Climate costs; Scheduled air transport; Airport management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2022.102204

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