Airline Ranking · As of July 16, 2026
Aegean Airlines
Ranked #27 of 32 carriers on what is already operationally available in 2026, not on a 2050 pledge.
Score out of 100
Below half marks · rank 27 of 32 · Europe
Why Aegean Airlines lands here
Decent governance and fleet profile, but thin customer and contrail evidence.
That is 34.6 points behind the best-scoring carrier in the world, which itself only reaches 78.5. No carrier reaches 80, and 13 of 32 score below half marks.
What this score is built from
Eight decision areas, weighted by what moves emissions now
Each area is graded against what Aegean Airlines publishes, then scaled by how well that work is evidenced. Contrail avoidance carries the same weight as sustainable aviation fuel, because both are available today.
Where the points are
56.1 of the 100 points are still on the table for Aegean Airlines. The three largest sit here:
23.8
Contrail avoidance and non-CO₂ action
1.2 of 25 earned
11.0
SAF deployment and market-building
14.0 of 25 earned
8.8
Customer participation, checkout donation, and sustainability access
1.2 of 10 earned
SAF deployment and market-building
SAF
14.0 / 25
rough grade 3.5 of 5Cevidence ×0.8011.0 points still availableThere is meaningful SAF intent or activity, but scale and disclosed evidence are still moderate.
Contrail avoidance and non-CO₂ action
Contrails
1.2 / 25
rough grade 0.5 of 5Eevidence ×0.3523.8 points still availablePublic contrail-avoidance action is thin or absent, which now carries a large scoring cost.
Fleet efficiency and operational decarbonization
Ops
9.0 / 12
rough grade 4 of 5Bevidence ×0.903.0 points still availableFleet renewal and operating-efficiency work are visible and material.
Climate governance and transparency
Governance
8.0 / 10
rough grade 4 of 5Aevidence ×1.002.0 points still availableAegean has enough sustainability structure and fleet context to avoid the very bottom, but the customer and contrail pillars remain thin.
Customer participation, checkout donation, and sustainability access
Customer
1.2 / 10
rough grade 1 of 5Devidence ×0.658.8 points still availableCustomer-facing climate participation is limited, hard to find, or not embedded in the booking path.
Ground operations, waste, and circularity
Ground
3.3 / 6
rough grade 3 of 5Bevidence ×0.902.7 points still availableThere is some evidence of ground or waste action, but the public detail remains limited.
Community and nonprofit investment
Community
3.3 / 6
rough grade 3 of 5Bevidence ×0.902.7 points still availableThere is real community activity, but the reporting or scale is moderate.
Climate advocacy and sector collaboration
Advocacy
3.9 / 6
rough grade 5 of 5Devidence ×0.652.1 points still availableThere is some visible collaboration or policy positioning, but not enough to set the carrier apart.
Evidence codes
- A×1.00Current quantified disclosure or clearly documented live program.
- B×0.90Good disclosure with small limits.
- C×0.80Older-cycle, group-level, proxy, or incomplete quantified evidence.
- D×0.65Fragmented or partial proxy evidence.
- E×0.35No credible public evidence; floor only.
Grades are recorded to the nearest half point, so the published pillar score is the authoritative figure and the grade is a rounded description of it. Evidence quality for Aegean Airlines overall is rated medium.
How Aegean Airlines compares
Either side in the table
Avianca Group is one place ahead at 44.2, and Emirates one place behind at 42.2.
Within Europe
Ranked 11 of 11 carriers scored in Europe, behind Air France-KLM at 78.5.
Who already leads the areas Aegean Airlines is losing most
Contrail avoidance and non-CO₂ action
American Airlines earns 25.0 of 25 here. Aegean Airlines earns 1.2.
SAF deployment and market-building
Air France-KLM earns 23.0 of 25 here. Aegean Airlines earns 14.0.
Customer participation, checkout donation, and sustainability access
IAG earns 9.4 of 10 here. Aegean Airlines earns 1.2.
If you work at Aegean Airlines
We can tell you which points are cheapest to win
Two of the eight areas, booking-path participation and published uptake, are the ones our own real-money research speaks to directly: a redesigned donation step roughly doubled giving across three carriers, with no cost in brand favorability or booking intent.
Think we have this wrong? If we have missed a published program, send it over and we will re-score and note the change.