aviation civile The magazine of the DGAC (French Civil Aviation Authority) June 2019 Special Edition 387 @dgac rd 53 Paris Air Show Le Bourget SUSTAINABLE AVIATION INDUSTRY AERONAUTICAL INDUSTRY AIR TRANSPORT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION inside ENCOUNTERS 03 With François de Rugy, Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition 04 With Élisabeth Borne, Minister for Transport 05 With Éric Trappier, Chairman of the French Aerospace Industries Association 06 With Patrick Daher, Chairman of the Paris Air Show Le Bourget 02 SUSTAINABLE AVIATION AERONAUTICAL AIR INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRY INDUSTRY TRANSPORT COOPERATION 08 15 22 31 CORSIA takes off A new action plan fostering DSNA invests in SESAR A Single Sky for Africa 10 aviation industry 24 33 French government’s Big competitiveness Remote control of aircraft France keeps on with its Investment Plan: multi-year, 17 at an aerodrome cooperation with Eastern coordinated support for Civilian UAV use is maturing 25 Europe and the Balkans aviation industry 19 Roissy-CDG and Le Bourget: 34 11 French council for air fields of innovation European twinning: a tool New flight plan for CORAC transport cybersecurity: 26 to promote convergence 13 France shows the way The H160: a concentrate 35 Development of a sustainable 20 of applied technology The Indian Ocean rises aviation fuels sector Thales: focus on connectivity 27 to the security challenge and autonomy A300B… with B 36 as in Bourget! Flawless support for 28 industrial exports “Security Vision”: 37 partnering toward ENAC helps promote French improvement know-how worldwide 39 A new heading June 2019 for DSNA Services • Special Edition 53rd Paris Air Show Le Bourget Aviation Civile, a publication of the DGAC (Direction générale de l’Aviation civile - French Civil Aviation Authority), ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire, 50, rue Henry-Farman, 75720 Paris Cedex 15.Tel.: (switchboard) 01 58 09 43 21 - Editorial desk: 01 58 09 44 27 - Fax: 01 58 09 38 64 - http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr. Director of publication: Patrick Gandil. Editor-in-chief: Daniel Bascou. Design and production: Citizen Press. Technical editor-in-chief: Camille Aulas. Editorial secretary: Alexandra Roy. Artistic director: David Corvaisier. Modeler: Citizen Press. Head of production: Sylvie Esquer. Cover: iStock / Artyom Anikeev. Printing: DILA. Legal deposit: June 2019. ISSN number: 1248-9980. Reproduction authorized at the editor’s discretion. ENCOUNTERS FRANÇOIS DE RUGY Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition The ecological transition of civil aviation Every two years, the Paris Air Show provides the monitoring, checking and declaring the CO2 emissions opportunity to showcase civil aviation and salute from international aviation. The European Union will the technological progress in this sector, a sector be sure to tie this mechanism in with the European that plays such a paramount role in the economic, carbon market, already in force for intra-European tourist and cultural exchanges between nations. Today, flights. Other levers are being used, such as the civil aviation is facing one of the biggest challenges in development of increasingly stringent standards for 03 its history: its ecological transition. The urgency of the engine emissions. Action for the climate is also taken ecological situation is forcing civil aviation to pay ever on a national scale, with the objective of attaining the more attention to its environmental impacts, European climate goals. The desire to support the particularly considering the growth in the sector. deployment of sustainable aeronautical biofuels across The sustainable development of civil aviation the territory, by favouring products deriving from the constitutes a key line of strategy, promoted as such in circular economy, is also playing its part. Still on a the National air transport strategy presented by the national scale, a roadmap has been drawn up with a French Transport Minister, Élisabeth Borne, last view to sensitising and mobilising all stakeholders in March in her closing speech to the « Assises du safeguarding airport biodiversity. Around airport transport aérien » (air transport convention). platforms, continued consultation between State, air transport professionals, elected representatives and There are multiple issues at stake, ranging local populations is vital for ensuring that concrete from energy transition via carbon reduction in solutions emerge which make it possible to limit the the sector, to limiting noise nuisance affecting levels of nuisance, whether in terms of noise pollution residents around airports and the overflown or air pollution. populations, and including the questions of air quality and the preservation of airport Over the longer term, profound developments are biodiversity. These issues have both global and local expected in modes of transport and aircraft dimensions, and must be treated consistently, seeking design, to take ever better account of the synergies between the actions. The goal is ambitious challenges inherent in this ecological transition. but not inaccessible. The responses will combine technological, economic and political considerations. These responses will be The national air transport strategy identifies many, varied and innovative, involving the public June 2019 more precisely the projects to be conducted authorities alongside all stakeholders in the sector, • in the short term, and the level of the actions to with each response playing its part in controlling be deployed. Internationally, combating climate the environmental impacts of aviation. It is vital that change constitutes a major strategic axis. International these responses emerge to ensure the acceptable aviation is the first industrial sector to adopt a global development of air transport. We need to face these mechanism for offsetting its CO2 emissions: CORSIA. challenges together, boldly and responsibly. st • © Arnaud - TERRA Bouissou Since January 1 , airlines and States have been 1. Carbone Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation. É LISABETH BORNE ENCOUNTERS Minister for Transport Coordinate the efforts of the entire industry to respond to the major changes that lie ahead I am delighted to participate in this year’s Paris Air its responsibility in innovation and choices for Show, which is an exceptional opportunity to meet all the construction of tomorrow’s aircraft. the players in the aeronautical industry. This strategic sector for our country is the top contributor to our trade French manufacturers have achieved this leadership 04 balance, and the Paris Air Show is an excellent showcase position by investing nearly a billion euros a year in of our expertise which is at the forefront of global research in recent years, and, in the face of technology. unprecedented research efforts, particularly to prepare for technological breakthroughs (energy efficiency, It is also a key event for both manufacturers and the hybrid aircraft, etc.) that the changes ahead will require, French government where research and development the French government needs to assist. projects are reviewed at a special French Council for Civil Aviation Research(CORAC) meeting. This work As such, in 2018, the Government stepped up its aims to design technologies that are essential for the next aeronautical research support policy, historically generation of aircraft which will have to meet more managed by the French Civil Aviation Authority, by requirements, particularly with regards to ecological allocating an additional budget of €135 million per year and energy transition. under the Grand Plan d’Investissement (Big Investment Plan). CORAC plays a central role in coordinating the efforts of the entire industry, from SMEs and mid-caps to major This action naturally extends to the Framework industrial groups, to respond to the major changes that Programme for Research and Innovation, Horizon lie ahead: energy transition to significantly reduce the Europe, which will begin in 2021. The work undertaken environmental impact of aircraft, both in flight and on in France is intended to prepare the large-scale the ground (CO2 emissions, noise); digital transformation technological demonstrations that will be part of for greater aircraft connectivity and the development the future European public-private partnership for of more autonomous aircraft; and, finally, improving aeronautical research, the creation of which is fully industrial competitiveness to reduce the development supported by the French government.• cycles of new aircraft to accelerate fleet renewal and June 2019 reduce the environmental impact of air transport. • Airbus currently produces about half of the world’s 100-seat and over aircraft and Safran 70 percent of short and medium-haul engines through the CFM International joint venture with General Electric. This leading role demonstrates the performance of the French and European aeronautical industry; it also underlines © Arnaud - TERRA Bouissou ÉRIC TRAPPIER Chairman of GIFAS (Groupement des industries françaises ENCOUNTERS aéronautiques et spatiales - French Aerospace Industries Association) Aerospace in France: an efficient, dynamic and mutually-supportive industry BY Olivier Constant What were the main results and trends in 2018 for the out that, since the creation of CORAC, the volume major corporate clients, the equipment manufacturers of industrial research has increased by 80% across the entire and the SMEs? industry, representing today more than €900 million