Using Advanced Modelling Tools to Analyse Emission Impacts of Different Aircraft Models on Domestic Flights

The aviation sector attains environmental sustainability objectives through precise measurement and assessment of gas and particulate matter emissions generated during flight operations. The research investigates the operational and environmental effects by performing different flight scenarios between Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport (LTFJ) and Antalya Airport (LTAI) and using aircraft with wide-body and narrow-body types that meet identical passenger demands. The analysis is carried out using tools such as EUROCONTROL's IMPACT web-based platform and the BADA database that supplies the necessary information for analysis. When the findings are examined, it is seen that the wide-body aircraft completed its flight on the LTAI-LTFJ and LTFJ-LTAI routes and caused an average of 24954 kg of emissions. To achieve equivalent passenger capacity, two narrow-body aircraft operating on these routes produce an emission value of 17617.6 kg. The study's results underscore that the significance of aircraft selection for achieving operational and environmental sustainability plays a vital role. In other words, airlines targeting lower fuel consumption and emission values can determine fleet management strategies more accurately by using web-based advanced modeling tools, such as IMPACT.