2.8 million private jet flights were recorded in North America in 2022 -- around 50% of all global business aircraft travel and an increase of 11% from 2021 and 18% from 2019.
Private jets are one of the most carbon-intensive forms of transportation. Per passenger, private jets emit up to 14 times more pollution than commercial flights and 50 times more than trains, producing as much emissions as millions of cars do every year in the United States.
Senator Edward Markey and Representative Nydia Velázquez have introduced the Fueling Alternative Transportation with a Carbon Aviation Tax (FATCAT) Act, which increases fuel taxes for private jet travel from the current $0.22 to $1.95 per gallon -- equal to an estimated $200 per metric ton of a private jet’s CO2 emissions.