The impact of flying on the environment is a hot topic, much contested between environmentalists and the aviation industry. Enviro.aero is one of many websites that discusses the issue, but it’s a website with a difference: the first one from the viewpoint of the aviation industry.
Developed by the Air Transport Action Group, the website aims to show the facts – and myths – about aviation’s environmental impact, along with many ways that these are being minimised.
Part of a “global cross-industry initiative”, the site helps educate flyers about the facts and figures behind aviation. Browse through FAQs, “ask an expert” your question, see what’s being done and what’s in the pipeline and read such factoids of little known information as: “Today’s aircraft fly more than three times as far with the same amount of fuel as they did 40 years ago.”
Of particular interest is the Flying Experience, a broken down version of all the stages of flying – from airport to touch down – with information about the ways in which emissions have been reduced.
The website is a must-see for anyone wanting to reduce their carbon footprint and find the truth behind the hyperbole about the effect of their airborne journeys.
