Airbus (2019)
Air transport will continue to play a key role in connecting cities and their people particularly in emerging markets or where cost or simply geography make alternatives impossible. In doing this commercial aviation contributes 3.6% of global GDP and supports more than 65 million jobs. However, we recognise that aviation also contributes 2% to 3% of the world’s manmade emissions of carbon dioxide (CO), with transportation as a whole (cars, trains, shipping etc.) producing ~24% according to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). So our industry has worked diligently to limit its impact on the environment. For example aircraft today, are 75% quieter and 80% more fuel ef‑ cient per seat than they were when jets were becoming a more common sight in cities around the world. But this is by no means the end of these efforts.