How Green Is Your Airline?

SUSTAINABLE - AMERICA - WHICH AIRLINES ARE THE MOST FUEL-EFFICIENT? IN-USE FUEL EFFCIENCY SCORE (LONGER BARS = MORE EFFCIENT) EXCESS FUEL PER UNIT 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 TRANSPORT SERVICE 1.11 +2% ALASKA AIRLINES 1.09 +2% SPIRIT AIRLINES 1.09 +4% HAWAIIAN AIRLINES 1.07 +4% CONTINENTAL AIRLINES 1.06 +4% SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 1.02 +9% FRONTIER AIRLINES 1.01 +10% JETBLUE AIRWAYS 1.00 +11% UNITED AIRLINES (INDUSTRY AVERAGE) 0.98 +13% VIRGIN AMERICA 0.97 +14% SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES 0.96 +15% DELTA AIRLINES 0.95 +16% US AIRWAYS 0.94 +17% AIRTRAN AIRWAYS 0.89 +23% AMERICAN AIRLINES 0.88 +26% ALLEGIANT AIR 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 AVERAGE PASSENGER MILES PER POUND OF FUEL Shorter flights are significantly more fuel intensive than longer flights on a passenger-mile basis due to the large amount of fuel consumed in landing and takeoff. MORE EFFICIENT ROUTES .... LESS EFFICIENT ROUTES BOSTON CHICAGO NEW YORK SAN FRANCISCO WASHINGTON, D.C. LAS VEGAS LOS ANGELES, ATLANTA SAN DIEGO ORLANDO MIAMI SOURCE: SUSTAINABLE - AMERICA - http://www.theicct.org/us-domestic- airline-fuel-efficiency-ranking-2010