Amadeus plans to integrate into its travel platform flight-specific emissions data from the International Air Transport Association’s CO2 Connect calculator, IATA announced Tuesday. The association did not provide a date for when the data would be available on Amadeus’ platform.
“This will allow airlines, travel agents, corporate travel managers and online platforms that request IATA CO2 Connect data to provide travelers with a new source of trusted emissions data at the point of booking,” according to IATA.
IATA CO2 Connect recently received ISO 14083 assurance, which is the “new ISO standard expected to become the basis for the Count Emissions EU regulatory proposal that will define the emissions calculations for all transport modes in the European Union,” according to IATA.
“This is important not just for personal travel, but also for corporations that need to track emissions and comply with regulations,” Amadeus president of travel Decius Valmorbida said in a statement.
This week while at the IATA annual general meeting in New Delhi, airlines including Air India, Thai Airways, Atlas Air, Batik Air Malaysia, Batik Air Indonesia, Lion Air and Thai Lion announced they have joined the IATA CO2 Connect program, bringing the number of contributing airlines to 70, according to IATA.
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