Environmental impact of aircraft emissions and aviation fuel tax in Japan

Rodrigo González; Eiji B. Hosoda

doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2016.08.006

Environmental impact of aircraft emissions and aviation fuel tax in Japan

Rodrigo González, Eiji B. Hosoda

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Abstract

This investigation analysed the growing impact of commercial aviation on CO₂ emissions, as well as its potential impact on climate change. It reviewed the effects of the Japanese Aviation Fuel Tax (koukuukinenryouzei), which has been levied on fuel loaded into all domestic flights in Japan since 1972. Using a Bayesian structural time series model, based on monthly observations of fuel consumption between 2004 and 2013 provided by the Ministry of Land, Transport, Infrastructure and Tourism - Japan, this research estimated the effect that this tax has had on the national demand for aviation fuel. It was established that the fuel tax has unequivocally reduced the amount of CO₂ emissions from aircraft.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	234-240
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Air Transport Management
Volume	57
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2016.08.006
Publication status	Published - 2016 Oct 1

Keywords

Aircraft emissions
Aviation fuel tax
Environmental tax
Global warming
Jet fuel

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Transportation
Strategy and Management
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Law

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