Air Europa, legally Air Europa Líneas Aéreas S.A., is a mid-sized Spanish airline operating around 53 aircraft and serving roughly 12 million passengers annually.
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Air Europa discloses intensity-based CO₂ claims against a 2015 baseline while withholding absolute emissions figures—a 3–5 million tonne annual footprint sits entirely unquantified. No Scope 3 accounting, no validated targets, token SAF use on select monthly flights, and capacity expansion via A350 orders undermine credibility of its 2030 intensity pledge.
Air Europa scores 26/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified July 2026.
That places Air Europa joint 710th of 847 companies scored, and joint 6th of 9 in Aerospace.
Where Air Europa sits among aerospace peers.
Among the 9 major aerospace brands we've scored, Air Europa is tied =6th of 9, with 1 other.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No well-to-wake jet fuel lifecycle emissions, no upstream aircraft manufacturing or downstream passenger travel data disclosed.
Air Europa not listed on SBTi dashboard; no validated near-term targets.
Air Europa cites 21% CO₂ reduction versus 2015 baseline but publishes no absolute Scope 1 or 2 figures in accessible English documents.
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The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Air Europa.
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See the breakdown →Rolls-Royce discloses Scope 1+2 emissions with limited assurance and reports 21% absolute reductions since 2019, but it has no SBTi-validated targets.
See the breakdown →TAP Air Portugal reports Scope 1 and 2 emissions but withholds Scope 3 data entirely.
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“We are proud to operate a monthly flight on the Madrid-Buenos Aires route with 1.5% SAF”
“Data at the end of 2024 confirm that the airline has already reduced its CO2 since 2015”
“En 2024, Air Europa logró disminuir más de un 21% las emisiones de CO₂ respecto a 2015”
“Passenger numbers also rose significantly, exceeding 11.7 million, reflecting a 17% year-on-year growth”
“The airline has reduced its emissions by 23.58 percent against a 2015 baseline”
“Scope 2 and Scope 3 reporting appears in only 56% and 50% of cases, respectively”
“IATA (E+) and Airlines for Europe (A4E) (E+)...actively opposed key national and EU aviation climate policies”
“The EC detailed that the 21 airlines are airBaltic, Air France, easyJet, Finnair, KLM...”
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Air Europa, legally Air Europa Líneas Aéreas S.A., is a mid-sized Spanish airline operating around 53 aircraft and serving roughly 12 million passengers annually. A member of the SkyTeam alliance, it was founded in 1986; its registered office is in Llucmajor, Mallorca (part of the privately-held Globalia group) and its main operational hub is Madrid-Barajas. The carrier operates narrow-body and wide-body services across Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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