Airlines
Environment
Emerging Configurations for
Sustainable Aviation
Aviation contributes two per cent of humanmade CO2 emissions and has challenged itself to reduce net emissions even while demand for air travel and transport has grown significantly
by Sukhchain Singh
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limate change has become a concern for society now. Aviation contributes two per cent of human-made CO2 emissions and has challenged itself to reduce net emissions even while demand for air travel and transport has grown significantly. The Air Transport Action Group has pushed the aviation industry to become the world’s first industrial sector to set an ambitious target: reduce CO2 emissions to half of year 2005 levels by 2050 and to limit the growth of net CO2 emissions by 2020. There are three major technological elements to sustainable aviation are: l Continuing to develop aircraft and engine design and tech-
nology for improvements in fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions. l Supporting the commercialisation of sustainable, alternate aviation fuels. l Developing radically new aircraft and propulsion technology and accelerating technologies that will enable the ‘third generation' of aviation. Other factors, such as efficient air traffic management and aircraft routing that minimises fuel consumption also have a vital part to play. Additionally, the industry has made some significant progress on reducing noise and other environmental impacts.
PHOTOGRAPH: Airbus
Environmentally Friendly Electric Green Taxiing System (EGTS)
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