RDC’s March 2026 Aviation Emissions Report: Ethiopia

Last month we looked at Singapore's aviation emissions; this month we head over to Africa to look at Ethiopia.

Please note as this report is derived from scheduled flight data, emissions linked to the Gulf region may not fully reflect actual flying activity, especially in relation to flight cancellations.

Focus market on this month's report: Ethiopia

Highlights from this month’s report include:

• 19 out of the top 25 markets have a proportion of their aviation emissions covered by a compliance programme such as CORSIA, EU-ETS and UK-ETS
• In March 2026, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom had the highest proportion of emissions covered by a compliance programme at over 80% coverage
• January to March 2026, passenger related aviation emissions from Germany are almost 1 million tonnes lower (-19%) when compared to January to December 2019 levels

Spotlight on Ethiopia

• Passenger-related aviation emissions from Ethiopia were 0.24m tonnes in March 2026, +35% against March 2019
• Ethiopia ranked 41st largest country for emissions in March 2026
• In the last 12 months, Ethiopian Airlines’ operations from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport have accounted for the majority of Ethiopia’s aviation emissions
• Flynas and flydubai recorded the lowest emissions per available seat kilometre among the ten largest carriers, at approximately 53g CO₂

Download this month’s report here

CARE Index

The RDC CARE Index scores any air route, airline and aircraft combination between 0 (worst) and 10 (best) based on fuel burn, seat capacity and load factor, use of sustainable aviation fuel, participation in compliance programmes such as EU ETS, and whether the carrier offsets emissions. It's designed to give both consumers and industry a clear, comparable measure of airline sustainability.

Here are the highest-scoring carriers by region in March 2026:

• Europe: La Compagnie (8.0), Norra – Nordic Regional Airlines (7.9), DAT A/S (7.9), Wizz Air UK (7.8), Air Serbia (7.6)
• North America: Flair Airlines (7.0), Frontier Airlines (6.8), Air Transat (6.8), Porter Airlines Canada (6.6), Volaris (6.5)
• Asia: Air Cambodia (7.9), UTair Aviation (7.2), Myanmar Airways International (7.1), Myanmar National Airlines (7.1), IndiGo (7.1)
• RoW: FlyGabon (8.0), Air Botswana (7.9), Clic Air S.A. (7.1), Arajet (7.1), Precision Air (7.1)

Full CARE Index rankings across all carriers and regions are available in the full report

Our CO₂ data which powers our monthly report has been independently audited and verified and is available via our Scope 3 emissions platform, as a dataset, via an API or as part of a subscription to Apex

Our Scope 3 emissions platform has been developed to allow airports to accurately report upon aviation scope 3 emissions and has now been verified against Airport Carbon Accreditation (ACA) requirements. If you’d like to find out more get in touch with our team today to discover how RDC can provide the insights you need to stay ahead of environmental regulations and improve your sustainability efforts.