bemoreeco

It’s going to be war. Over the next three weeks we’re going to be pitting 8 of the UK’s most popular low cost airlines against each other in a battle of their green credentials. Judging by some of the competition already, it’s going to be brutal. The 8 airlines are: RyanAir, EasyJet, Aer Lingus, BMIBaby, Fly Monarch, Jet2, FlyBe and Air SouthWest.

How it works:

Like any great battle, we have a few rules. First, each airline has been drawn at random into the brackets below. It’s single elimination, the winners of one match will play the winners of the odds-numbered matches will play the winners of the even numbered (sorry, my html skills really let me down). Matches will be judged against a five category criteria. One point for being better in that category than the opposing airline.

The Five Categories:

There they will judged by five core categories (Efficiency, Initiatives, ). There are no scores, just a winner in each category. Whoever wins most of the five categories will win the match. These five categories are:

Carbon Offsetting: What carbon offsetting scheme does the Airline have in place? How much effort are they putting into it? How successful has it been? Is it easy to offset your flight when you book online?

Age of Aircrafts: The A380s are more efficient than the older models. How old is the technology and aircrafts the airline is using?

Passenger Load: Are many flights being taken half-empty? What a waste? What about baggage and average CO2 produced per person?

Green Initiatives: What green initiatives has the airline invested in? What are they pushing forward? What groups and associations are they part of?

Locations and Destinations: What locations and destinations do they fly to? How do these effect the environment? What impact are they having? Are they spending a lot of time circling the runway of a busy airport?

First Round Brackets:

RyanAir vs. Jet2 (Tuesday 17th)

Aer Lingus vs. FlyBe (Wednesday 18th)

BMI Baby vs. Fly Monarch (Thursday 19th)

Air SouthWest vs. EasyJet (Saturday 21st)

May the greenest airline low-fares airline win.