Cathay Pacific Airways

Emissions Details

Scope 1 Emissions

13,788,771 tonnes (2007 - from fuel consumption, combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair)

Scope 2 Emissions

23,574 tonnes (2007 - combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair)

Notes on Emissions

• To allow all material impacts from Cathay Pacific’s operations to be included, the boundary of the report has been extended to include the core CSR activities and commitments of Cathay Pacific’s newly acquired subsidiary and sister airline, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (Dragonair).
• In 2007, Cathay Pacific and Dragonair consumed 5,604 million liters of fuel.
• Fuel accounted for 29% of net operating costs in 2007.

• Cathay Pacific has achieved an improvement of 24% in fuel efficiency over the past 10 years

Total emissions from the Cathay Pacific fleet have increased in line with the growth of the airline, although actual fuel efficiency in relation to pay load carried has improved by 3% over the past year, bringing the efficiency improvement over the last 10 years to 24%.

Emissions have been verified

Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance Limited (LRQA)