TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
The global aviation industry is currently responsible for around 2% of all carbon emissions produced by humans. This makes up roughly 915 million tons of the world’s 43 billion tons yearly global output. While these numbers may seem astronomical, the aviation industry has made great strides in the past 50 years to lower its emissions while simultaneously improving the quality of flights.
You can check in this article how the CO2 is calculated and shown on the Thomalex platform.
Note: The Carbon Emission is currently possible to enable in Website Settings. You can find it by the name: Enable CO2 Calculation
CO2 Calculation
Thomalex is using the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) method for calculating the emission.
Several factors are included in the calculation. The final result depends on the following:
- Aircraft Type
- Flight Distance
- Fuel Efficiency
- Passenger Load Factor
- Passenger-to-Freight Factor
Where it Appears
To see the CO2 in Thomalex in the results you should just use the button More details to expand the Flight Details:
Image 1. More details Button on the Search Result page
After you expand the details, you will be able to see the Date you specified for the flight with the other information related to the flight (Airline, AirType, Cabin Class, Total Duration, and Carbon Emission)
Image 2. Expanded flight details/Carbon Emission
Note: The CO2 will be shown by segment and not in total on the result page
On the exclamation mark icon, you can check more details about our calculation and ICAO system and methodology:
Image 3. CO2 Popup box
You can see the additional information on how the calculation is done and what is included in each of the parameters that are considered for the calculation.
The important thing is to be aware that there are various calculations and there can be exceptions if you compare the flights with different systems of calculation.
After you choose the flight with the wanted price and options you can continue the flow where, in the shopping cart, the system will calculate the sum of CO2 and it will be displayed below the price:
Image 4. Shopping cart and CO2 preview
Info: If you want to know more about Basic Air flow check here
The CO2 Emission will appear also on the:
1. Arranged Travel Tab:
Image 5. View Arranged Travel/Manage Trip Approval
2. Reports tab
It will also apply to Employee reports which you can download as .csv, .xlxs, .pdf:
Image 6. Employee Trip Summary Reports
Note: Only for Corporate websites/solutions
3. Booking Tab
The information about the CO2 will appear below the flight information:
Image 7. Booking tab
If you want to have the CO2 information in the remarks (as information that will appear in the background of the generated PNR), you can create the command builder that will pull that information:
Image 8. Command Builder CO2 variable
Info: Find all about the command builder setup here