Iberia It's the second airíline of the world that Iás has reduced its emissions of CO2 on long-haul flights, themselvesúIn the report prepared by the independent aviation consultancyón DIFFERENT.
Sayún this report that performs the annual monitoring of más de 65.000 airplanes and 35 million flights, from 2019 Iberia has reduced its CO2 emissions 17% per seat-kiloómeter on their long-haul flights that, they are precisely, for those who díToday there is no alternativeás efficient to transportéreo.
Iberia reduces its emissions
Sayún ATAG, transportation toéprisoner represents the 2,1 percent of global emissions and, inside that, the flights of más de 1.500 kilómeters represent the 80% of emissions, therefore, it is especially important to increase the efficiency of these routes.
The IBA report attributes this decreaseón of Iberia in its CO2 emissions, a la renovationónumber of fleet carried out by the airlineíne españHello and what startedó on 2013, with the incorporate usón of the first twin-engine airplanes -the Airbus A330-300- to its long-haul fleet. On 2018, began to arrive Airbus A350 and in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, Iberia decidedó advance the withdrawal of Airbus A340-600, the úlast four-engine aircraft with which it operated its long-haul routes.
La renovationófleet number, key in decarbonizationósector number
Sayúrecovery has not occurredóGradual n of your flight program, Iberia has resumed its aircraft delivery schedule and, in what goes from toñO, Iberia has already received three A350s and five A320neo. Incorporate it into itón of these two models and the withdrawal of the A340 of your fleet, in summer of 2020, Significantly reduced fuel consumption. Currently, The entire Iberia long-haul fleet isá composed of twin-engine aircraft (A330 y A350), which means a reductionón of CO2 emissions compared to the A340 that operated with four engines.
The model A350 is the Más silent on the market and, además, between one 30 and a 35 percent más efficient in terms of fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, thanks to the materials of úlast generationón with those he isá built and advanced designñor its Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines.
The A320neo is the grandfatherón más advanced technologyólogically and efficiently of the short and medium haul fleet of Iberia. Equipped with Leap-1A type CFM engines, it's a 50% más silent and between a 15% and a 20% más environmentally friendly, then it emits 5.000 tons less CO2 per yearñor and a 50% less than NOx.
