As the dark clouds moved in over Norway, flight prices also fell. This contributes to an unfortunate trend, according to climate scientists. There will only be more and more planes in the air in the summer months, shows a review carried out by news. After the pandemic, the airlines threw planes into the air. Now you see the results with low prices to fill up the seats, wrote E24 earlier. Cheap plane tickets are one of the worst things you can use, according to a climate scientist – If you as a private person want to maximize your emissions, then cheap plane tickets are the way to go. Then you release a lot for a small sum, says senior researcher Borgar Aamaas at Cicero. Senior researcher Borger Aamaas expects more and more flights globally in the future. Photo: Baard Salvesen In two years, the number of flights from Norway in May has increased by 15 per cent, figures from Statistics Norway show. The figures for June and July this year are not clear, but after the pandemic year, the number of flights from Norway has increased steadily. This is how flights have increased in the summer months Globally: May: From 2023 to 2024, the number of flights increased by approximately 7 percent. June: From 2023 to 2024, the number of flights increased by approximately 7 percent. July: Provisional figures from July show that there has been an increase of 9 per cent from 2023 to 2024. August: August is for natural reasons not clear, but from August 2022 to 2023 there was an increase of 23 per cent globally. Norway: May: From 2023 to 2024, the number of trips abroad increased by approximately 7 percent. June: Statistics Norway does not have figures yet, but from 2022 to 2023 there was an increase of around 3 per cent. July: Statistics Norway does not have figures yet, but from 2022 to 2023 the number of trips abroad increased by approximately 11 per cent. August: For natural reasons, this figure is not yet clear, but the number of trips abroad from 2022 to 2023 increased by 6 percent. Sources: SSB, Flightradar. – Emissions must decrease if we are to follow up on the Paris Agreement. Then it is stupid that we go in the opposite direction. It is a challenge. Airplanes are becoming more efficient, but so far not enough, says Aamaas. Little shame for the country Most Norwegians are not aware of flying shame, according to a Norstat survey for news earlier this summer. Snapshot of air traffic on 22 July shows how densely packed the airspace is. Facsimile: Screenshot Flightradar / Torgeir Knutsen But if you still have a bit of shame and want to avoid maximum emissions, you can avoid changing planes on the journey, says the researcher. – If the plane is packed, you get out better. But then the airline can put in a new plane if it is full, so there is a dilemma there, he explains. Fly to warmth Both airlines and travel companies notice that bad weather forecasts lead to increased demand from Norwegians who are keen to travel. Travel abroad in particular has increased. – This is more than a doubling of what we saw in the same period last year, and applies to orders made for July and August. We want sun and heat, said Eivind Hammer Myhre, senior communications advisor at Norwegian to news earlier. The table shows the highest temperatures reported today, the next seven days and the average of previous highest temperatures. Location Highest today Average previous highest See explanation The average temperature is the average of daily maximum temperatures for the same date over a period of 30 years. The average we have used is in the current normal period 1991-2020 (i.e. the weather a young adult will experience as normal). The table is based on a list of selected places in Europe, and shows the 20 that are the hottest today. Source: Open-meteo Next 7 days Madrid Spain 39° 33° Rome Italy 37° 31° Faro Portugal 37° 29° Heraklion Greece 36° 29° Naples Italy 36° 30° Durrës Albania 36° 28° See more places A collaboration between news and Meteorological Institute The figures for June and July are not yet clear. But from 2022 to 2023, the number of trips abroad increased by almost 11 percent. New part of the world to fly Norway’s increase in air travel is part of a larger trend, figures from the flight tracking service Flightradar24 show. So far in July, there have been over 2.2 million flights worldwide. There are over 200,000 more flights than last year. According to Aamaas, air traffic accounts for around three to 4 per cent of the world’s emissions. Because the emissions take place high up in the atmosphere, they are more harmful. Are you tempted by a small southern holiday in the gray weather? You are hardly alone in thinking that. Photo: Elise Angermo Fossland – There has been continuous growth. There was a noticeable decrease during the pandemic, but that was mostly the exception. I am not surprised by the growth, but it is still unfortunate, says the researcher. Doubling the number of planes Despite the fact that the world is fighting climate change, the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer Airbus expects that more and more people will fly. They will double the number of new aircraft by 2040. Norwegian, through press contact Eivind Hammer Myhre, tells news that they will also increase the number of aircraft in the future. – Norwegian has planned to renew the entire fleet towards 2030. This will give us lower fuel consumption, which in turn results in lower emissions and cuts costs. Through the fleet renewal, we also have ambitions to increase the number of aircraft somewhat, he writes to news. It is mainly the better economy in Asia which means that the number of flights will increase. In Norway, we just have to accept that, says the climate scientist. – In the future, a larger part of the world will be able to afford to fly. In Norway, we have been flying for a long time, and then we cannot claim that others will not fly. It is difficult to cut emissions without reducing activity. Published 23/07/2024, at 13.04
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Bad weather forecasts have resulted in more flights and more CO₂ – news Vestland
