Researchers in the Netherlands believe that an increase in long-distance cargo flights, combined with steeper reductions in short-haul passenger services than for long-haul operations, are responsible for carbon dioxide (CO_2) emissions failing to fall in line with the overall drop in flights. Analysts from the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) looked at movements to and from Schiphol airport from March to September 2020. They found that although total flights dropped by 67% year on year, CO_2 emissions fell by only 55%.
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