Greenhouse gas emissions from international aviation and allocation options

Table 18:
Distribution of air traffic on carriers situated in different geographical regions 1999.

  

 

Aircraft fleet size

Passengers

RPKs

FTKs

Avrg RPKs per pass

RTK*

Weight shares

 

 

 

[000]

share

[000000]

share

[000]

 

 

[000]

share

Freight

Pass

Africa

155

1.0%

9852

0.6%

15321

0.5%

497520

0.4%

1555

2029620

0.5%

25%

75%

Asia/Pacific

2262

14.2%

337716

21.3%

678118

23.9%

41019060

33.1%

2008

108830860

26.7%

38%

62%

Canada

370

2.3%

28699

1.8%

69015

2.4%

1974165

1.6%

2405

8875665

2.2%

22%

78%

Europe

4197

26.4%

432852

27.4%

829301

29.3%

34692714

28.0%

1916

117622814

28.9%

29%

71%

Latin America/Carribb

705

4.4%

64568

4.1%

90752

3.2%

4084377

3.3%

1406

13159577

3.2%

31%

69%

Middle East

295

1.9%

30225

1.9%

60379

2.1%

3401938

2.7%

1998

9439838

2.3%

36%

64%

US Majors

4974

31.3%

563864

35.6%

997728

35.2%

29938202

24.1%

1769

129711002

31.8%

23%

77%

US Nationals

1182

7.4%

70670

4.5%

68890

2.4%

7566996

6.1%

975

14455996

3.5%

52%

48%

US Cargo

172

1.1%

-

-

-

 

784131

0.6%

-

784131

0.2%

100%

-

US Regional

1589

10.0%

43368

2.7%

25199

0.9%

106133

0.1%

581

2626033

0.6%

4%

96%

Total World

15901

 

1581814

 

2834703

 

124065236

 

1792

407535536

 

30%

70%

*Calculated assuming that one RPK=100 kg.
Source: [Air Transport World 2000]