Originally Posted by
DELee
Important to some, less important to others. Gives airlines the ability to differentiate themselves as well as specific aircraft in their fleet since, as shown in your screengrab, not all AA A321s are alike. On GFlights, you get an actual calc as to your carbon impact. If I fly LAX-JFK on a 752, GFlights says my impact is 591 kg of CO2. If I fly LAX-EWR on a 78J, I'm assessed at 440 kg. Of course, the planes are flying anyway and if there are fewer persons on board, our average assessed carbon impact is higher but that's just math.
David
This, If you care about environmental impact then a CO2 kg rating would be of more use than just "Sharklets!".
I may have been thinking about this for too long, but it does remind me of when a kid at my school had mild Tourettes and would occasionally shout either "toast" or "baddy" loudly in class. I can totally see him shouting "Sharklets!".
Originally Posted by
DELee
Important to some, less important to others. Gives airlines the ability to differentiate themselves as well as specific aircraft in their fleet since, as shown in your screengrab, not all AA A321s are alike. On GFlights, you get an actual calc as to your carbon impact. If I fly LAX-JFK on a 752, GFlights says my impact is 591 kg of CO2. If I fly LAX-EWR on a 78J, I'm assessed at 440 kg. Of course, the planes are flying anyway and if there are fewer persons on board, our average assessed carbon impact is higher but that's just math.
David
By the way, if you're choosing on this basis then bravo. This kind of decision tilts the consumer preferences to lower carbon journeys and pressures the airlines into investing in more fuel efficient equipment.
Originally Posted by
KT550
I agree that in this case just "A321" would suffice for the average passenger.
Some may like the added info as it may indicate an aircraft with a newer interior etc.
But wouldn't it be a bigger pull to say "new equipment" or "new cabin"? Seems like a bit of a Mason's handshake way of telling customers about a better product to just write "Sharklets".