Abstract
This report examines the current state of the various programs aimed at
exerting some measure of control over these issues, and provides detailed
background information and analysis of the global warming issue as it relates
to air transportation.
It offers answers to the following questions:
- What are the key operating improvements available to aircraft operators
seeking to reduce their annual fuel consumption bill?
- When will new aircraft, engine and other technologies become available
aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions? What are these technologies?
- What will be the impact of emission trading schemes, and other regulatory
initiatives, on airline greenhouse gas emissions?
- What is the range of current scientific opinion about the impact of
aircraft operations on climate change?
- Which are the key research programmes which will deliver reduced
greenhouse gas emissions at source?
- Which long-term proposals - for example, blended wing designs, formation
flying, alternative fuels - offer the best opportunities to develop
next-generation environmentally friendly aircraft?
- Which are the key enabling technologies - and investment opportunities -
which will deliver improved fuel efficiencies in the near future? And which
technologies are promising more than they will deliver?
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