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November 16, 2009
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Each month ATW's Eco-Aviation Today brings you the latest environmental news and trends affecting the world’s airlines and tell you how the air transport industry is working to reduce its impact on the planet. Do you have friends or colleagues who might find this information useful? If so, please forward this newsletter along to them or click here to sign them up.
EU seeks 10% cut in aviation emissions by 2020 Environment ministers from 27 EU member states agreed on a proposal to be submitted to the UN climate summit in Copenhagen next month calling for emissions from aviation to be cut by 10% by 2020 from 2005 levels. [MORE] Boeing in talks with China on biofuel feedstock Boeing and China are moving toward a cooperative agreement for research and development for developing biofuels. The US aerospace manufacturer is talking with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese universities about a partnership that would involve the commercialization of jatropha. [MORE] KLM to join biofuel flight club KLM will become the first airline to conduct a biofuel demonstration on a passenger-carrying flight later this month. The flight is set to take place on Nov. 23 and will operate with a 747-400 with one engine running on a mixture of 50% camelina-based fuel and 50% jet fuel. It will carry "a select group of passengers," according to the carrier. [MORE] CANSO disappointed in 2% target Civil Air Navigation Services Organization, while welcoming the ICAO High Level Meeting agreement on aviation emissions against a backdrop of difficult economic and political circumstances, expressed disappointment that the meeting did not recommend any actions for member states to undertake themselves to assist the aviation industry in meeting its environmental goals. [MORE] Airlines looking at €1 billion carbon permit shortfall Aviation sector could face a shortfall of 77 million tonnes of CO2 when it enters the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme, according to a report from RDC Aviation and Point Carbon. At a carbon spot price of €13.25 per tonne (as of Nov. 11), that amounts to a shortfall of €1.02 billion ($1.53 billion). [MORE] Other News Japan joined FAA, Airservices Australia and Airways New Zealand as a partner in the ASPIRE (Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions) program. Continental Airlines last month announced "a major increase in the effectiveness of its recycling programs" Rolls-Royce and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council will work jointly with three UK universities in a new £50 million ($82.85 million) partnership Southwest Airlines unveiled a 737-700 "green plane" [MORE] |
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