More than 5,000 airports in the US alone with over 2,000 flights leaving daily, thats over 1 million flights and most of us never get on a plane but a few times per year.

Do we really need to fly 2,331 planes per day out of SeaTac International airport in Seattle every single day? Most flights have barely 20 passengers.

1. They are not doctors flying to save a life.
2. They are not fleeing domestic violence.
3. They are not moving to a different state.
4. They are flying for "leisure."

Frequent-flying “‘super emitters” who represent just 1% of the world’s population caused half of aviation’s carbon emissions in 2018, according to a study.

Only 11% of the world’s population took a flight in 2018 and 4% flew abroad. US air passengers have by far the biggest carbon footprint among rich countries. Its aviation emissions are bigger than the next 10 countries combined, including the UK, Japan, Germany and Australia, the study reports.

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Aegean Airlines
Aer Lingus
Aeroflot
Aerolineas Argentinas
Aeromexico
Air Arabia
Air Astana
Air Austral
Air Baltic
Air Belgium
Air Canada
Air Caraibes
Air China
Air Corsica
Air Dolomiti
Air Europa
Air France 14 million metric tons of carbon dioxide 2019
Air India
Air India Express
Air Macau
Air Malta
Air Mauritius
Air Namibia
Air New Zealand
Air North
Air Seoul
Air Serbia
Air Tahiti Nui
Air Transat
Air Vanuatu
AirAsia
Alaska Airlines
Alitalia
Allegiant
American Airlines 117 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2022
Asiana
Austrian
Avianca
Azerbaijan Hava Yollary
Azores Airlines
Azul
Bamboo Airways
Bangkok Airways
British Airways 18 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019
Brussels Airlines
Caribbean Airlines
Cathay Dragon
Cathay Pacific
Cayman Airways
CEBU Pacific Air
China Airlines
China Eastern
China Southern
Condor
Copa Airlines
Croatia Airlines
Czech Airlines
Delta
easyJet
Edelweiss Air
Egyptair
Emirates
Ethiopian Airlines
Etihad
Eurowings
Fiji Airways
French bee
Frontier
Garuda Indonesia
Gulf Air
Hainan Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines
Helvetic Airways
HK Express
Hong Kong Airlines
Iberia
Icelandair
IndiGo Airlines
InterJet
Japan Airlines
JetBlue
Kenya Airways
Korean Air
La Compagnie
LATAM
Lion Airlines
Lufthansa 19.11 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019
Luxair
Malaysia Airlines
Mango
Middle East Airlines
Nok Air
Nordwind Airlines
Norwegian Air International
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Norwegian Air Sweden
Norwegian Air UK
Oman Air
Pakistan International Airlines
Peach
Pegasus Airlines
Philippine Airlines
Porter
Qantas
Qatar Airways
Regional Express
Rossiya - Russian Airlines
Royal Air Maroc
Royal Brunei
Royal Jordanian
RwandAir
Ryanair 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019
Saudia
Scoot Airlines
Shanghai Airlines
Silkair
Silver
Singapore Airlines
Skylanes
South African Airways
Southwest
SpiceJet
Spirit
Spring Airlines
Spring Japan
SriLankan Airlines
Sun Country
Sunclass Airlines
Sunwing
tigerair Australia
Transavia Airlines
Tunis Air
Turkish Airlines
Ukraine International
United Airlines 42 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2019
Ural Airlines
UTair Aviation
Uzbekistan Airways
Vietnam Airlines
Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Australia
Vistara
Viva Aerobus
Volaris
Volotea
Vueling Airlines
WestJet
Wizzair
Xiamen Airlines

The aircraft doesn’t just emit carbon dioxide—water vapor and NOx gases are also given off in large quantities, and these have complicated atmospheric effects. The water vapor forms the familiar contrails which lace the sky on clear days, and the nitrogen oxides catalyse various atmospheric chemical reactions, notably production of ozone which, at the typical altitude of aircraft flight, is a powerful greenhouse gas. These effects in combination are much more damaging than the carbon dioxide alone: the IPCC estimate that the total warming effect, in CO2e, is 2.7 times greater than the mass of CO2 emitted.

To cut back on air travel is the single biggest and simplest contribution you as an individual can make. There just isn’t anything else you can do which can compare to the reduction which can be made by just deciding to holiday somewhere else this year.

DO WE SERIOUSLY NEED THAT MANY AIRLINES? 

Our trees are burning.