Aviation growth and global warming

An independent analysis of the aviation industry's initiatives to de-couple air traffic growth from greenhouse gas emissions

Edited by Ian Lowden, Simon Michel, Rainer Vogel, Philip Butterworth-Hayes
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Authors

Ian Lowden, Managing Director RDG Solutions
Simon Michel, aerospace consultant, formerly Managing Editor Jane's - Aerospace division, now editor of Eurocontrol and SESAR yearbooks
Rainer Vogel, aviation analyst and commercial director PMi Media
Philip Butterworth-Hayes, Communications and Strategy, CANSO

Product details

Availability: 2 June 2007. Ships from and sold by PMi Media Ltd. Electronic format reaches buyer within 24 hours!

Paperback: 235 pages
Publisher: PMi Media Ltd.
Edition: 1st Edition, June 2007
Language: English
Dimensions: A4 - 8.3 x 11.7''
Shipping Weight: 1 pound

Short description

Airlines, airports and air navigation service providers will be able to cut civil aircraft emission levels by more than 6% a year for the next ten years by adopting a range of new operating procedures, according to this new report "Aviation growth and global warming". These potential savings are greater than the forecast rise in traffic levels over 2007-2017!

The report, compiled by a board of independent consultants, analyses a range of potential ways of optimising the fuel-use performance of current-generation aircraft and engines, thereby cutting the emission of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides. It quantifies potential emission savings in a number of key areas including:

• Fleet optimisation and new aircraft acquisition strategies
• Less fuel-consuming taxiing, ground-power and airfield operations
• Improvements in air traffic management procedures (such as more accurate flight planning to minimise fuel loads, shorter routes, more flexible routes to exploit prevailing weather conditions and continuous descent approaches)
• Aerodynamic improvements (such as the fitting of winglets)
• Introducing lighter cabin equipment and replacing hydraulic and other heavy systems with electric equipment
• Alternative fuels
• Flying at lower speeds and lower heights