officially report cards come out of the airlines and as if the Cavino with the environment.
An index to measure the degree of pollution of airlines: it has developed a German NGO - the atmosphere - to raise awareness about the impact of this means of transport.
The index, called 'Atmosfair Airline Index', will be 'presented Wednesday' at international tourism fair (ITB) in Berlin, but the NGO has already 'published the first ranking on the Internet for global carriers' environmental performance'.
the classification assigned to each company a certain number of so-called 'points' efficiency ', which are calculated based on factors such as efficiency of planes used in terms of consumption and the density' of seats offered on each aircraft.
from the general classification shows that the companies' most 'green' and 'the British charter airline Monarch Airlines (with 77.4 points), while the worst and' the South African Airlink regional airline (13.8 points). The ranking, which includes 116 companies', sees Alitalia 85th place (45.8 points) and Alitalia Express (which operates with only two planes) to 111esimo place (30.6 points).
Among the other major European airlines, Iberia and 'at the 25th place (63.2), Air France and' at the 37th (60.5), Lufthansa and 'the 52nd (56.6) and British Airways' in the 61st place (52.6).
Three American companies, always in the overall rankings, U.S. Airways' in 29th place (62.5), Delta Air Lines' at the 33rd place (61.7), and Continental Airlines' in 38th place (60.3 ) and United Airlines' in 48th place (58.1).
The test 'based on three types of links, those short-distance (up 800 km), those at medium distance (800 km to 3,800 km) and the long distance (over 3,800 km). None of the airlines considered and 'managed to win the first (' A ') or second (' B ')' class 'efficiency': the short list, only 11 carriers were placed in the third class ('C') while a number of companies' deals with almost the same band 'D' (49) and the band 'E' (42). The last two performance ratings are the 'F' (11 carriers) and the 'G' (3).
The index says the site can 'be used to choose which airline to travel in order to reduce the environmental impact of travel. In general, says the NGO, the company 'with the most number of points and 'even the most' efficient environment, regardless of the length of the trip. It must be said, however, 'emphasizes atmosfair that a direct link has less impact on the environment than one that provides a call, even though the company has lower efficiency.
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Good Day (Source: Reuters).
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