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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Antonia Langford

Air freight greenhouse gas emissions up 25% since 2019, analysis finds

FedEx air freight cargo planes
FedEx and UPS were responsible for 24.7% of the industry’s carbon emissions in 2023, with air freight producing 80 times more carbon than shipping by sea or truck. Photograph: Bing Guan/Reuters

Air freight operators have increased their greenhouse gas emissions by 25% compared with 2019, analysis has found.

In 2023, air freight operators ran about 300,000 more flights than in 2019, an increase in flight volume of almost 30%. The US accounted for more than 40% of global air freight emissions, according to the report by campaign group Stand.earth.

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