Report highlights rapid growth in short-haul flights within Europe and the failure to tackle air pollution from road transport
Air travel within the EU remains the fastest growing sector of transport although growth in its greenhouse gas emissions has slowed, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).
Car journeys still make up the majority of all passenger kilometres in Europe (72 per cent) but air travel's share increased from 6 to 9 per cent between 1997 and 2007.
Overall GHG emissions from the transport sector increased by 28 per cent in Europe between 1990 and 2007 and now account for 19 per cent of all emissions.
However, if transport infrastructure, manufacture and emissions associated with oil and gas exploration are included the figure reaches to almost one-third of Europe's GHG total.
