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We should rethink the concept of "air travel". It is an elite activity and not at all what the aviation industry wants us to believe: that everyone flies, says Stefan Gössling, professor at ´DSM, in connection with the recently published article in Global Environmental Change in November 2020.
Highlights in the article
•Investigates air transport demand on global, regional, national and individual scales.
•Estimates that only 2% to 4% of global population flew internationally in 2018.
•Finds that 1% of world population emits 50% of CO2 from commercial aviation.
•Suggests that emissions from private air travel can amount to 7,500 t CO2 per year.
•Affirms that current climate policy regime for aviation is inadequate.
