Flights generate fall in CO₂ emissions across EX-YU

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Flights across European airspace in 2020 generated a fall in CO₂ emissions that was largely in line with declining flight numbers, according to Eurocontrol. The largest falls in CO₂ emissions, of 70% or more, were seen in Montenegro (74.9%), Croatia (73.2%) and Slovenia (70.6%). In other former Yugoslav markets, emission levels were reduced 65.2% in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 62.5% in Macedonia and 51.3% in Serbia. Benelux countries saw relatively small CO₂ emission declines primarily due to a big increase in cargo flights, which compensated for the fall in passenger services. The CO₂ data for each country is based on flights departing from its airports, Eurocontrol states. The organisation’s CO₂ data does not cover Ukraine, Russia or Belarus. The latter two are not members of Eurocontrol.