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Old 27th Nov 2005, 16:39
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Assuming the cruise phase, an aircraft like the A320 burns about 2.2 T an hour.

The amount of CO2 produced is 3.15 times the fuel burnt, i.e., 6.93T

Then divide that by 180 pax, makes it 38.5 kg of CO2 per pasenger per hour.

Don't know how that works out for larger aircraft.
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