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© 2021 European Federation for Transport and Environment AISBL To cite this study Transport & Environment (2021). Private jets: can the super rich supercharge zero-emission aviation? For more information, contact: Valentin SIMON Data Analyst Transport & Environment valentin.simon@transportenvironment.org Mobile: +32 (0)496 89 65 67 Square de Meeûs, 18 – 2nd floor | B-1050 | Brussels | Belgium www.transportenvironment.org | @transenv | fb: Transport & Environment Acknowledgment The authors kindly acknowledge the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) for providing the private aviation traffic data as the basis of much of the analysis performed for this report. We also thank Brandon Graver from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) for his peer review and valuable feedback. The report was produced with the generous financial support of Benjamin Firmenich. The findings and views put forward in this publication are the sole responsibility of the authors listed above. The same applies to any potential factual errors or methodological flaws. A study by 2 Executive Summary Aviation’s climate impact is disproportionate and growing fast. But it is caused by a very small group of people. Just 1% of people cause 50% of global aviation emissions. This report exposes the outsized role played by the super rich hopping on private jets for super short distances. European private jet CO2 emissions have soared in recent years, with a 31% increase between 2005 and 2019, faster than commercial aviation emissions. Covid-19 put a temporary halt to that growth, but compared to commercial aviation, it was able to…