The global aviation industry produces around 2% of all human-induced CO2 emissions
20,000
A UK SAF industry could create over 20,000 jobs and generate £3bn GVA by 2035
60,000
The increase in quieter, ‘continuous descent’ arrivals at UK airports over the past two years, reducing noise and carbon emissions
>12,000
Since 2014, the number of people significantly impacted by aircraft noise around major SA Airports has been reduced by 12,200, this despite a rise in passenger numbers of 13%
470
Since 2005, UK airlines have introduced more than 470 new aircraft into service representing an investment of over £35bn. A further 360 are on order
The Airbus A350 and Boeing 737‐MAX have a noise footprint that is typically 50% smaller on departure and 30% on arrival than the aircraft they replace
1%
By 2019 in the UK, a 30% growth in passengers was delivered with only a 1% increase in CO2 emissions when compared to 2005.
£22 billion
UK aviation is the third largest aviation network in the world and supports one million jobs and contributes £22 billion a year to the economy
8%
Prior to the COVID pandemic, UK aviation emissions made up about 8% of total UK carbon emissions
3x
In the UK, nearly 3 times as many people are affected by noise from railways and 12 times more are affected by road traffic, than by aircraft