Title
The environmental cost of Peru's domestic air transport: An appraisal
Date Issued
01 July 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to estimate CO2 emissions from Peru's domestic air transport and how much they would be reduced if the network, currently centered around Lima's airport, was organized differently. Results show that, in 2014, Peruvian domestic air transport was responsible for emitting approximately 657,446 MT of CO2. This is equivalent to US$4.7 million, US$60.33 per one-way flight or 8.7 cents per km. If only the less-polluting aircrafts were used, CO2 emissions would be reduced by 2.8%. If instead of having to use Lima's airport as a hub there were direct connections among the country's seven busiest airports, yearly emissions would be reduced by 3.8%. A large part of the savings in this scenario (45%) would come from eliminating LTO cycles. Both scenarios combined would save the environment 40,893 MT of CO2 per year (6.2%).
Start page
144
End page
151
Volume
78
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Planificación del transporte y aspectos sociales del transporte
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85059695582
Source
Journal of Air Transport Management
ISSN of the container
09696997
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus