The newly launched ‘Call Aviation to Action’ movement is calling on aviation professionals to “urgently and decisively” address the industry’s growing climate impact.
Aviation is widely recognised as a hard to abate sector, along with shipping, construction and steelmaking.
Although there are mandates in place for the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) and much research into hydrogen-powered and electric aircraft – as well as other designs and technologies including blended wing aircraft – these all remain in the early stages.
It is considered highly unlikely that the aviation sector will be able to reduce emissions as quickly as other sectors. Just last week, a study found that emissions from European airlines have soared to pre-Covid-19 levels.
While aircraft production targets are down, airlines such as Lufthansa and BA have already said that switching to cleaner, more expensive sustainable fuel will drive up ticket prices for flights. Air New Zealand also announced it is dropping...