Air Europa sustainability score: 26/100
Below expectations starts at 31. The highest score on SINK is 71.
Air Europa, legally Air Europa Líneas Aéreas S.A., is a mid-sized Spanish airline operating around 53 aircraft and serving roughly 12 million passengers annually. A member of the SkyTeam alliance, it was founded in 1986; its registered office is in Llucmajor, Mallorca (part of the privately-held Globalia group) and its main operational hub is Madrid-Barajas.
More about Air Europa
The carrier operates narrow-body and wide-body services across Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
Founded 1986Head office Llucmajor, Mallorca, SpainStaff ~4,000Revenue ~€2.9BWebsite ↗
Air Europa discloses intensity-based CO₂ claims against a 2015 baseline while withholding absolute emissions figures—a 3–5 million tonne annual footprint sits entirely unquantified. No Scope 3 accounting, no validated targets, token SAF use on select monthly flights, and capacity expansion via A350 orders undermine credibility of its 2030 intensity pledge.
Air Europa scores 26/100 (Significant gaps) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Scores are free. Nobody can pay to change a score, speed it up or hide it. Last verified July 2026.
That places Air Europa joint 847th of 1,023 companies scored, and 7th of 9 in Aerospace.
What is Air Europa doing well, and where does it fall short?
Strongest on Transparency & Accountability and Controversies & Red Flags (4/10, 4/10). Weakest on Carbon Footprint: Supply Chain and Targets & Commitments (1/10, 2/10).
Where Air Europa lost points
For each question that lost points, the evidence our public rubric looks for that we didn't find.
What would raise this score
- Emissions from its supply chainAssess where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Its climate targetsSet specific targets with dates.
- Emissions from its own operationsPublish emissions figures for its own operations, even an estimate from energy bills.
Every question that lost points
- Emissions from its own operations3/10No emissions figures for its own operations, not even an estimate from energy bills.
- Emissions from its supply chain1/10No assessment of where its supply-chain emissions come from.
- Whether its emissions are falling3/10No evidence its emissions are falling, not even from energy bills or mileage.
- How clean its energy is3/10No renewable energy tariff or major efficiency investment shown.
- Its effect on nature3/10No assessment of its effect on nature, and no basic environmental policy.
- How it uses materials and handles waste3/10No active waste reduction, reuse or repair shown.
- Its effect on water3/10No monitoring of water use, or no measures to reduce it.
- Its climate targets2/10No specific targets with dates.
- How openly it reports4/10No dedicated sustainability role, board oversight or public report.
- Its record on controversies4/10Points deducted for controversies or its business model. The finding is under question 10.
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How is Air Europa's SINK score calculated?
Same ten questions for every company. No private weighting.
SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × ScaleWhat evidence is Air Europa's score based on?
8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
25% of them were published by Air Europa itself; the rest come from independent sources.
“We are proud to operate a monthly flight on the Madrid-Buenos Aires route with 1.5% SAF”
“Data at the end of 2024 confirm that the airline has already reduced its CO2 since 2015”
“En 2024, Air Europa logró disminuir más de un 21% las emisiones de CO₂ respecto a 2015”
“Passenger numbers also rose significantly, exceeding 11.7 million, reflecting a 17% year-on-year growth”
“The airline has reduced its emissions by 23.58 percent against a 2015 baseline”
“Scope 2 and Scope 3 reporting appears in only 56% and 50% of cases, respectively”
“IATA (E+) and Airlines for Europe (A4E) (E+)...actively opposed key national and EU aviation climate policies”
“The EC detailed that the 21 airlines are airBaltic, Air France, easyJet, Finnair, KLM...”
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How does Air Europa compare with other aerospace companies?
Where Air Europa sits among aerospace peers.
Among the 9 major aerospace brands we've scored, Air Europa sits 7th of 9.
Who scores higher in Aerospace?
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Air Europa.
Airbus's footprint is dominated by the use of the aircraft it sells: 493 million tonnes in 2025, up 3.8% on 2024, of which its own Scope 1 and 2 are about 0.6 million.
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