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The calculator enables you to enter your flight details to work out the total emissions generated by flights operated with an aircraft from the Air France fleet. The possibility of extending the calculator to all the Group's flights (partners and subsidiaries) is being examined.

This calculator differs from other CO2 emission calculators because the data to make the calculations comes from their own operational data rather than guesstimates solely from the distance. For example, Air France have accurate information including the distance, fuel consumption, type of aircraft, and the weight of baggage and goods for any given route.

With this information it is possible to more accurately calculate the CO2 emissions which is directly proportional to the quantity of fuel consumed (3.15 tons of CO2 produced by the combustion of 1 Ton of kerosene).

Most of our aircraft carry both passengers and freight. The quantity of fuel is broken down between that which is required for the carriage of passengers and that which is required for the carriage of freight according to their respective weight (cabin equipment included).

Example CO2 calculations using the calculator (all 1 person, return trips):

London-Paris: 812km, 147kg of CO2, 181g of CO2 per passenger km.

Paris-Washington: 12864km, 1120kg of CO2, 87g of CO2 per passenger km.

Paris-Johannesburg: 18232km, 1683kg of CO2, 92.3g of CO2 per passenger km.

Paris-Hong Kong: 19984km, 1878kg of CO2, 94g of CO2 per passenger km.

These figures clearly show that the CO2 emissions from a short-haul flight are much greater per passenger kilometre than the long-haul flights: twice as much.