The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and Amadeus, a global leader in technology and distribution solutions for the travel and tourism industry, have signed an agreement for ICAO to supply Amadeus with data from its Carbon Emissions Calculator. The data will allow Amadeus’ worldwide customer base to estimate the carbon footprint of air travel.
With the Calculator, the best publicly available sources of information are used in the calculations. The methodology, which was developed through ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), takes into account a range of variables such as aircraft type, route specific data, passenger load factors and cargo carried. Amadeus will integrate the data into its travel reservation platforms by mid 2010.
David Jones, President and CEO, Amadeus said, “We are delighted to support the industry in its effort to address the complex issue of calculating individual carbon footprints from air travel, and we believe ICAO is the right partner to bring a unified and common approach. Through our technology, data management capabilities and results from the ICAO Carbon Calculator, |