Fragmented flight emissions data require standardisation. Photo Credit: Adobe stock/Senohrabek
Travelport is making it easier for meeting planners to choose
carbon-conscious trip options with transparent flight emission
estimates, calculated using the publicly accessible Travel Impact Model
(TIM).
The global technology company that powers travel bookings for
hundreds of thousands of suppliers worldwide, announced recently that
the transparent, enhanced carbon dioxide (CO2) emission estimates for
flights on Travelport+ calculated using the publicly accessible Travel
Impact Model (TIM), has been developed by Google in partnership with the
Travalyst coalition.
This new feature helps travellers easily make more eco-conscious
choices when planning and booking their trips. Tom Kershaw, chief
product and technology officer at Travelport said that currently, agents
and travellers are seeing different carbon emissions scores and
rankings for the exact same flight options in different channels.
He added: “As an industry, adopting a free, publicly accessible data
framework will allow us all to be more transparent and consistent in the
way travel options are displayed and scored based on factors like
carbon emissions, environmental certifications, or waste initiatives.
We’re committed to standardising the information on the environmental
impact of transportation and accommodation options and displaying it in a
way that makes it easy for agents and customers to incorporate that
information in their decisions.”
Travelport joined the Travalyst coalition in 2022 to help drive the
standardisation and scale of environmentally conscious travel
information across travel platforms. By adopting the Travel Impact Model
and using this data methodology for flight emission estimates displayed
on agents’ screens, Travelport aims to align with all of the major
global travel platforms to provide more transparency and eliminate
confusion with inconsistent rankings across platforms.