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Formation Regions VOLARIS BRINGS GREEN HEATHROW AIRPORT CUTS FOCUS: OBAMA BACKS AVIATION FACTS & FIGURES: IF FLIGHT TO THE BLUE SKIES 131,000 TONNES OF CO2 AS EUROPE’S AEROSPACE BIOFUELS WITH NEW AVIATION WERE A COUNTRY, OF MEXICO MEASURES PAY OFF AND AVIATION SECTOR PARTNERSHIP IN USA IT WOULD RANK 21st IN GDP PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 7 BACK PAGE Edition #4 www.enviro.aero September - November 2010 Green FlightEnvironmental newsTimes from across the aviation industry CDA plan produces win-win-win: saving fuel, cutting emissions and reducing noise GENEVA – Aviation partners from across track to reach the Joint Action Plan’s target the industry in Europe have been working of CDA implementation at 100 European air- together for the past year on the European ports by 2013. Continuous Descent Approach (CDA) Action Operational flight trials and work in air- Plan which aimed to get CDA implemented craft simulators confirm that a CDA from an at 100 airports across Europe by 2013. altitude of about 10,000 feet should save ap- A continuous descent approach is when a proximately 100kg of fuel, and over 300kg flight starts the landing process into an air- of CO2 compared to the classical stepped port, but instead of the traditional ‘stepped’ approach. As there are over nine million descent in which the aircraft drops from flights in European airspace every year, the cruising altitude to the runway in stages, a widespread application of CDA in which air- First sector-specific approach is agreed in global climate change challenge. Aviation industry CDA is one smooth, low-powered process. craft fly higher for longer, has the potential to continues to show leadership with ambitious emissions reduction targets. The Action Plan, developed by close col- provide major cost savings for aircraft opera- laboration between partners Eurocontrol, tors through reduced fuel use, reduced noise ACI Europe, CANSO, ERA and IATA, was exposure for those who live near airports and presented for the first time at this year’s Avia- considerable reductions in the emission of tion & Environment Summit in Geneva. greenhouse gases. Flightpath set for Cancún “We are already seeing tangible benefits. Eurocontrol is coordinating this effort MONTRÉAL – The aviation sector be- principles. These principles are designed to industry’s commitment of a 1.5% average an- Over the coming months we will be focus- through its CDA Implementation Team came the first in the world to have a uniform minimise market distortions, safeguard the nual improvement in fuel efficiency and the sing on promoting the widespread usage of which has met with operational stakehold- sectoral-approach to addressing climate fair treatment of aviation relative to other ICAO goal of a 2% annual improvement. CDA and establishing a CDA culture which ers covering a total of 104 different airports change when delegates at the 37th Assembly sectors, ensure that aviation’s emissions are “We are confident that achieving a 1.5% av- will pave the way to more advanced perfor- across Europe. of the International Civil Aviation Organiza- accounted for only once and recognise both erage annual improvement in fuel efficiency mance in the future,” said Andrew Watt, en- The support that the CDA Implementation tion (ICAO) agreed on a landmark resolution past and future efforts of carriers. is possible with efforts of the industry. The vironment manager at Eurocontrol. Team has received from aircraft operators, on climate change. The aviation industry, a 2% ICAO goal means that governments must “Through innovative tools like an inter- Industry targets in line airport operators and air navigation service long-time proponent of dealing with interna- come to the table with much needed infra- active map showing the implementation of The ICAO Assembly came two weeks af- providers has been crucial to commitments tional aviation emissions at a global rather structure improvements such as the Single the plan, the CDA Action Plan is ahead of ter the industry held its Aviation & Environ- given thus far to implement CDA at 83 air- than national level, welcomed the outcome. European Sky or NextGen in the US.” schedule in its aim to reduce emissions ment Summit in Geneva, Switzerland. Ad- ports across 25 European States. Of these air- “Governments have taken an historic de- Speaking at a European Aviation Sum- by 500,000 tonnes of CO2 a year, and dressing the opening of the summit, the Air ports, 33 already offer CDA at some point in cision.” said Giovanni Bisignani, IATA’s mit shortly after the ICAO Assembly, vice shows the industry delivering on its commit- Transport Action Group’s executive director, the day and a further 13 are currently carrying director general and chief executive officer, president of the European Commission Siim ments to cap net carbon emissions from 2020 Paul Steele, outlined the commitments to out flight trials. “For the first time, we have globally agreed Kallas said, “The and halve net emissions by 2050.” which the industry had already agreed: “Our This confirms that the project is clearly on aspirational goals to stabilise emissions. No freedom of mobility targets are ambitious and they are unique - no other industry sector has a similar globally “Aviation is one of the biggest other industry has come together in the way Traditional ‘stepped’ approach agreed framework for managing its response achievements of the that airlines, airports, air navigation provid- will go to Continuous descent approach to climate change in a manner that takes into European Union. In ers and the aviation manufacturers have. consideration the needs of both developed Cancún many cases, there “We should be proud of that, but the work and developing states.” is no alternative to has just begun. We have ten years to reach Airports Council International direc- with its air transport. There- our 2020 target to cap emissions. Luckily, we tor general Angela Gittens agreed, “We are fore, our freedom of Take-off are well on our way.” homework pleased to see that ICAO delegations ac- mobility depends on “When the Kyoto Protocol was agreed cept the need for a shared global vision and done!” a safe, efficient, reli- in 1997, governments were tasked with de- Take-off common goals as well as their willingness able and competitive veloping a strategy to reduce international to move ahead on the agreed positions in the air transport system. For air transport to be aviation emissions through ICAO. A decade resolution, despite some remaining questions able to grow we need to address the environ- passed and although some progress was The continuous descent approach could lead to a reduction in CO2 that will be addressed in future discussions.” mental impact. made, it was not enough. The industry there- per landing of over 300 kilos - spread across nine million flights each LandingLanding “I am very satisfied that ICAO adopted fore stepped up to the plate in a united and year in Europe, this provides significant emissions reductions. ICAO resolution a resolution on International Aviation and comprehensive way. The ICAO resolution calls for: improv- Climate Change. It is a major achievement “We have global targets – a 1.5% average Traditional descent Continuous descent operations ing fuel efficiency by 2% annually to 2050; to have 190 countries adopt a Resolution on annual improvement in fuel efficiency be- striving to achieve a collective medium-term such a sensitive issue. It is the first mode of tween now and 2020, capping our net carbon From small messages come big aspirational goal of capping aviation’s carbon transport to succeed. Aviation will go to Can- emissions from 2020 and halving our net car- emissions from 2020; and a global CO2 stan- cún with its homework done!” 2 dard for aircraft engines with a target date of bon emissions by 2050, compared to 2005. reductions in CO 2013. We also have many of the tools to achieve Governments and industry together ATLANTA – As part of a programme Importantly, Attila’s benefits accrue to It also outlines the development of a global these ambitious goals. Now is the time for Representing global air traffic control pro- of fuel efficiency and emissions reductions the system and not necessarily to individual framework on market based measures by the governments to come to the party.” viders, CANSO’s director general Graham measures, Delta Air Lines employs the use flights – meaning that at very busy airports 38th Assembly in 2013 based on 15 agreed IATA’s Bisignani addressed the gap in the Lake said, “The air traffic management sector of Attila, a sophisticated arrivals manage- like Atlanta, much more efficient operations in particular requires more Government as- ment system developed in cooperation with are achieved across the whole fleet but occa- The aviation industry’s long-term targets sistance if it is to achieve these ambitious tar- the ATH Group. Attila is designed to improve sionally at the expense of individual flights. gets. Greater political will is needed to help fuel efficiency and on-time performance by A final benefit is that Attila recovers un- No action break down the institutional barriers to better optimising the sequencing of aircraft arrivals used slots in the arrival queue allowing much civil-military cooperation, more flexible use into an airport. better utilisation of airspace and less need for Technology of airspace, and better airspace design and Up to hundreds of miles from its destina- flights to remain in holding patterns. management. tion airport, Attila sends an automated mes- Attila will also play a role in future air 2 Operations CO “In particular, transport and defence de- sage (much like an SMS text message) pro- traffic control as the air traffic control system Infrastructure partments need to work together more closely viding a required time of arrival for an aircraft evolves.
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