This Airlines as clear as any economic sectors they have to decarbonize activities if they want to survive: more efficient aircraft, optimization of your operations And sustainable fuels is it yours recipe in the medium term to research potential new technologies such as green hydrogenfor possible future use. “Challenge no less flybut we should be able fly more without polluting the environment”, said the president this Friday aenaMaurice LucenaPresident of the University of Barcelona Fundación Mutua Madrileña de Sustenibilidad in his speech at the second session of the Empresarial.
This is exactly one targets Establishment of the Alliance for Sustainability of the Aviation Industry In April this year, an organization that brings together the main representatives of the business and academic sectors, such as the Spanish aviation employers association FORAirlines Air Europe, Iberia And flyingProducers Airbus and Boeingoil magnates AOP or the european lobby Transport and Environment, among others. In total, 900 companies or organizations with a turnover of more than 80,580 million euros.
HE first step for decarbonize the industry is airplanes consume less. For this, companies are re-starting the renewal of their fleets after the pandemic. IberiaFor example, in the first half of 2022, it has acquired nine aircraft, three A350-900s for long-haul routes and six A320neos for short- and medium-haul routes, which are 50% quieter and 15% to 20% more. It respects the environment by emitting 5,000 tons less CO2 and 50% less Nox per year than the airline. And ryanair It has ordered 300 new Boeing 737-MAX-10 aircraft that will be delivered between 2027 and 2033, consuming 20% less fuel and 50% quieter than current models, according to the airline.
And if the planes are more productiveHE fuel it should be too. At this point, the focus is on fuels produced with sustainable fuels (called SAF for ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuel’ in English). organic matter, such as agricultural or forest residues, recycled oils or animal fats. In March, II. President of Iberia during the Aviation and Tourism Forum, Javier Sanchez-Prietoassured that the aircraft were “already ready” to use 50% sustainable aviation fuel, and demanded that “investment in production facilities be facilitated”.
In the ‘Fit for 55’ package, Europe includes the ‘ReFuelEU Aviation’ proposal, which makes it mandatory to use. minimum sustainable fuel rates For this reason progressive Together 5% in 2030, 20% in 2035 and 70% in 2050 and requires the availability of such fuel at airports. It is the step before the development of other new technologies such as green hydrogen (produced with). renewable energy).
But they are not just looking at their own investments, the aviation industry is also demanding to launch Single European Sky.. This initiative airspace management would do planes go in a straight line instead of zig zag. This means savings up to 10% reduction in fuel consumption and emissions harmful gases to the atmosphere
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