Welcome to RDC’s Aviation Emissions Report for May 2025, looking at global passenger related aviation emissions with a focus on the 25 largest markets by total emissions.
After looking at Sweden in our April 2025 aviation emissions report, this month we look at neighbouring Norway as our focus country.
Focus market on this month's report: Norway
Highlights from this month’s report include:
- Global passenger-related emissions in May 2025 were 69m tonnes
- 41% of these emissions were covered by a compliance programme
- Looking at the 25 largest markets, Türkiye saw the highest growth with aviation emissions in May 2025 growing by +30% when compared to May 2019 levels, whereas Hong Kong saw the largest % decrease at -30%
- Overall global aviation emissions January to May 2025 were 327m tonnes, 2m tonnes below January to May 2019 levels
Spotlight on Norway
- Passenger-related emissions from airports in Norway were 0.20m tonnes in May 2025, -13% below 2019 levels
- Norway ranked 46th largest country for emissions in May 2025
- Sunclass Airlines had the lowest emissions per ASK out of the 10 largest airlines for emissions operating from Norway over the last 12 months
- When looking at the 10 largest Norwegian airports for emissions over the last 12 months, airline operations from Oslo - Sandefjord Airport had the lowest emissions per ASK
Download this month’s report here
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