Ecological Air Tourism in the System of Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Abstract The study considers the role of ecological aviation tourism as a direction of the national and world economy, reveals the interpretation of the concept of «ecological aviation tourism», its main types and investigates the conceptual provisions on which this type of tourism is based. Passenger and freight traffic for the period 2019-2021 is considered and it is determined that against the background of lifting or easing of anti-epidemic restrictions by many countries and the success of the vaccination process, there was a gradual increase in demand for air transport services, especially during the «active» tourist season, which contributed to an improvement in the air transport market. According to statistics for 2021, he number of passengers transported by domestic airlines was 9348.1 thousand passengers, which is almost 95% more than in 2020 and 68.2% of the volume of the «pre-pandemic» 2019. The article analyzes air pollution by harmful substances from aircraft engines, which make up 87% of all civil aviation emissions. The article considers the "European Green Course: opportunities and threats for Ukraine" was considered, which defines 10 main goals for improving the environmental efficiency and sustainability of airlines at the global level.