IATA, ATPCO Partner to Provide Flight Emissions Data

The International Air Transport Association and ATPCO have partnered to provide carbon emissions data for flights, the organizations announced Tuesday.

ATPCO will integrate IATA's CO2 Connect data through its Routehappy API "later this year" and will create a Routehappy Rich Content Amenity that is "flight-shopper friendly" for displaying CO2 emissions. Routehappy Amenities data enables travel sellers to display such features as seat pitch and type, Wi-Fi, power and entertainment at the time of booking.

"It's clear there is a growing interest from passengers, corporate, travel management companies and travel agents to receive CO2 information so they can use it to compare flights and make a more sustainable choice," ATPCO president and CEO Alex Zoghlin said in a statement. "IATA's CO2 Connect offers airline-specific fuel burn data, and we are looking forward to making this available to our growing list of Routehappy Rich Content partners."

The current data that IATA has sourced covers actual fuel-burn data from 74 aircraft types representing about 98 percent of active global passenger fleet, and considers traffic data from 881 aircraft operators, representing about 93 percent of global air travel, according to the organization.