Japan Airlines and atmospheric monitoring

Japan Airlines is one of the world’s leading airlines.

Did you know?

• The Earth’s atmosphere consists of six different atmosphere layers; most commercial aircraft travel takes place in the upper “troposphere”, extending seven to 17 kilometers up from the Earth’s surface.
• The lack of information about the flow of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the interaction of different natural and man-made gases, makes accurate forecasts about atmospheric changes difficult.
• Research plays an important role in a researcher’s ability to assess the possible effects of air transport on the earth’s climate with accuracy.

What are we doing?

• JAL helped set up in 2003 an atmospheric monitoring project.

What is the result?

• JAL made 278 flights between April 1993 and December 2005 during which air samples were collected at specific points during the flight.
• JAL started to support new project that enabled continuous analysis of CO₂  along the flight path of JAL routes around the world from Nov 2005. Click here to find out more.
• This, along with our efforts in other areas, is helping to limit our contribution to climate change.