RESOURCES

Resource 1: Working Against Aviation Expansion

Working Against Aviation Expansion | Airport Watch Europe, Frequent Flyers Levy, Plane Stupid summarizes ways to work against the expansion of aviation.

Resource 2: Air Transport Association

Read this article "How Budget Airlines Work?" It highlights the functions within Airlines and its overuse of jet fuel.

Resource 3: Biological Diversity

In addition to CO2, aircraft emit nitrogen oxides, known as NOx, which contribute to the formation of ozone, another greenhouse gas. Emissions of NOx at high altitudes result in greater concentrations of ozone than ground-level emissions. Aircraft also emit water vapor at high altitudes, creating condensation trails or “contrails" — visible cloud lines that form in cold, humid atmospheres and contribute to the warming impacts of aircraft emissions. The persistent formation of contrails is associated with increased cirrus cloud cover, which also warms the Earth's surface. Aircrafts' high-altitude emissions have a greater global warming impact than they would if the emissions were released at ground level.

From the Center for Biological Diversity