Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/3170 (Flight Emissions Label)

means ‘aircraft’ as defined in Article 3, point 28, of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(‘AOC’) means ‘air operator certificate (AOC)’ as defined in Article 2, point 8, of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means an ‘airport’ as defined in Article 2, point 1, of Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;

means a scheme granting benefits to aircraft operators for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from aviation fuels;

means carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of aviation fuels that include carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of energy production, transport, distribution and use on board, including during combustion, and which represent the sum of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and of nitrous oxide (N2O) emitted, calculated in accordance with point C of Annex V to Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and, where applicable, other relevant Union law and international standards, and data and methodologies which reflect the latest scientific developments developed under the ICAO framework, and measured in grammes of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule;

means the amount of aviation fuels consumed by an aircraft when operating a flight, from its initial movement from its parking place at the departure airport until it comes to a complete stop at the parking place at the arrival airport, measured in tonnes;

means the total time elapsed from the aircraft’s initial movement from its parking place at the departure airport until it comes to a complete stop at the parking place at the arrival airport, measured in minutes;

means the distinct service and accommodation provided to passengers which is characterised by the specific configuration of the seats in the cabin, amenities, and fare structures;

means the proportion of flight emissions attributed to the cabin, measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent;

means the result of dividing the cabin emissions by the average number of passengers on the flights in the previous corresponding scheduling period, measured in kilogrammes of carbon dioxide equivalent per passenger;

means the result of dividing the estimated cabin emissions per passenger by the distance of the operated route, measured in grammes of carbon dioxide equivalent per passenger-kilometre;

(‘CO2eq’) means the unit of measurement comparing the radiative force of a greenhouse gas to that of carbon dioxide (CO2);

means a digital platform developed and managed by the Agency as the unique point of contact with aircraft operators for the reporting of data and for the distribution of labels;

means labels that are past their validity period;

means the estimated aviation fuels life cycle emissions of a flight operated by an aircraft operator which are made up of cabin emissions and freight emissions, measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent;

means goods, materials, and parcels other than passenger luggage transported on board an aircraft, measured in tonnes;

means the proportion of flight emissions attributed to freight, measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent;

means the product of dividing the freight emissions by the average mass of freight carried on the aircraft in the previous corresponding scheduling period, measured in kilogrammes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne of freight;

means the product of dividing the estimated freight emissions per tonne by the distance of the operated route, measured in grammes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne-kilometre;

means a graphic diagram, printed or electronic, combining the label logotype and the information set out in Annex III;

means the image defined in Point 1 of Annex III to this Regulation that shall represent the verification of the flight emissions;

(‘pax’) means a person occupying a seat within the cabin area of an aircraft at the moment of departure of an aircraft, and who is travelling aboard an aircraft for the purpose of reaching a specific destination;

means a physical location or online platform service owned by an aircraft operator, or which offers the flights of an aircraft operator, where an aircraft operator, or any person authorised to represent that aircraft operator, stores and makes information available to the public about flights operated by that aircraft operator for purchase or comparison purposes.

means a ‘scheduling period’ as defined in Article 2, point (d), of Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93;

means a seat fitted to an aircraft on which a passenger may be accommodated for the duration of a journey;

means the area allocated for each seat for each passenger and for each cabin class, measured in square metres;