It's official: our flight calculator rocks
We pre-announced this a few weeks ago, but now you can see for yourself: the new TerraPass flight calculator gives you the most personalized carbon footprint information available, taking into account not just your route, but also your airline and even your seat class.
It’s surprising some of the disparities you uncover when you have data like this at your fingertips:
- Marvel at how Delta is 34% more efficient than US Airways on the JFK to SFO route.
- Delight in the ability to indicate the number of stopovers for your flight.
- Shudder at the outrageous carbon footprint associated with first class travel.*
The new calculator is so detailed that it even takes into account the direction of travel. Factors such as prevailing winds means that the same route has a different impact depending on which way you’re going.
* Incidentally, people often wonder why there’s a difference in carbon impact between seat classes. It’s because first class travel takes up a greater amount of the available passenger space, and therefore lays claim to a greater proportion of the emissions. Basically, it’s sort of like buying two seats.
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