A typical private jet emits about 810 tonnes of GHGs in a typical year, equivalent to 177 passenger cars or nine Class 8 heavy-duty trucks. In 2023, private jets collectively emitted more GHGs than all flights departing from Heathrow Airport, the busiest airport in Europe.
Air and greenhouse gas pollution from private jets, 2023, by Daniel Sitompul and Dan Rutherford, International Council on Clean Transportation, June 27, 2025
Flight pattern analysis confirms extensive travel for leisure purposes, and for cultural and political events. Emissions increased by 46% between 2019-2023, with industry expectations of continued strong growth. Regulation is needed to address the sector’s growing climate impact.
Private aviation is making a growing contribution to climate change, by Gössling et al., Communications Earth & Environment, November 7, 2024
A new study by green group Transport & Environment (T&E) suggests that thousands of cases of high blood pressure, diabetes and dementia across Europe could be linked to the tiny particles emitted by planes.
Ultrafine particles from planes put 52 million Europeans at risk of serious health conditions, by Transport & Environment, June 25, 2024
Our findings suggest that the effects of noise pollution are more pervasive than previously realized.
Pre- and postnatal noise directly impairs avian development, with fitness consequences, by Meillère et al., Science, April 25, 2024
Aircraft noise is one, if not the most detrimental environmental effect of aviation. It can cause community annoyance, disrupt sleep, adversely affect academic performance of children, and could increase the risk for cardiovascular disease of people living in the vicinity of airports.
Aviation Noise Impacts: State of the Science, by Basner et al., Noise & Health, March-April 2017
Aircraft and road traffic noise exposure are associated with psychological symptoms but not with clinically defined psychiatric disorder.
Noise pollution: non-auditory effects on health, by Stephen A. Stansfeld and Mark P. Matheson, British Medical Bulletin, December 1, 2003