Public attitudes on decarbonizing aviation

How concerned are you about climate change?

1% Don’t know

9% Not at all concerned

16% Not very concerned

40% Fairly concerned

35% Very concerned

The National Health Service, inflation, and the UK economy were of greater concern than climate change.

To what extent does air travel produce carbon emissions which contribute to climate change?

3% Don’t know

3% Not at all

5% Hardly at all

32% To some extent

58% To a great extent

Air travel currently contributes 2% to 3% of global carbon emissions, much lower than road travel which contributes around 15% of total CO2 emissions.

To what extent will it be easy or difficult to reduce carbon emissions from air travel?

12% Don’t know

30% Very difficult

40% Fairly difficult

14% Fairly easy

4% Very easy

How willing are you to pay more for a flight if it reduces total carbon emissions produced by your flight?

8% Don’t know

23% Not at all willing

31% Not very willing

30% Fairly willing

8% Very willing

(Totals may not equal 100% due to rounding.)

Source: https://www.aerosociety.com/media/26178/public-attitudes-to-the-decarbonisation-of-aviation.pdf