Original Content: Business Upside
The Google flight tracker app is one of the most popular flight search engines that allow travelers to see all airlines, flights, connectivity, calendars, and prices. They revolutionized the process of looking for flights that fit one’s travel plans.
Recently it added one more innovative feature in one’s trip planners – Carbon emissions.
One of the worst carbon emitters is Airplanes. They can produce carbon emissions in a single transatlantic flight that is more than what a person can create in a year
It is seen that some flights and particularly some seats produce more carbons than others. The newer planes are more energy-efficient than, the older ones; they emit less carbon. Also, economy seats create fewer carbon emissions than premium and business class seats as they occupy less space.
Google carbon footprint calculator does calculation of carbon emission after combing the data provided by the European Environment Agency. The information is flight-specific such as total seating capacity, aircraft model, and configuration. Also, the speed of aircraft, altitude, and distance between origin and destinations all combine to determine the emission.
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