Private flights from Ireland emitted 10.2 tonnes of CO2 per flight, the same as emitted by driving a petrol car over 40,000 km
for 23,000km – or driving from Paris to Rome 16 times. The research found 55 per cent of private flights in Europe last year were for distances under 750 kilometres.
The research published on Thursday – conducted by Dutch environmental consultancy CE Delft – found that European private jet traffic has soared over the past three years. The tally rose from 118,756 private flights in 2020, to 350,078 in 2021 and 572,806 in 2022, emitting more than 5.3 million tonnes of CO2 in total.
The busiest airports for private jet flights in Ireland were Dublin and Shannon, which together were responsible for 82 per cent of all Irish private jet flights analysed by the report. The busiest private jet route in Europe last year was Paris-London, with an average of nine private flights between those cities each day. This route has a direct train connection that takes just over two hours with 14 trains running each way per day.
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