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Biggin Hill Airport in top 10 of highest polluting airports across GB&EU

This is a study by Transport & Environment showing high polluting private jet travelling (airports) versus alternatives:

Ranking City pair
(airport pair)
Distance (km) CO2 [t] Alternative travel mode Additional travel time
10 Biggin Hill Airport, Kent 313 1524 No Train Station available N/A

Table 1 above: Top 10 most polluting private jet routes below 500 km in Europe & England and their alternatives for transport

The below diagram shows; there is a 13 times more polluting emission coming from private jet airports then domestic flights and, 20 times more versus other alternatives.

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Care for more information or the complete report; Visit //www. transportenvironment.org