With the projected growth in demand for commercial aviation, many anticipate increased environmental impacts associated with noise, air quality, and climate change. Therefore …
AW Schäfer, SRH Barrett, K Doyme, LM Dray… - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Ever since the Wright brothers' first powered flight in 1903, commercial aircraft have relied on liquid hydrocarbon fuels. However, the need for greenhouse gas emission reductions …
The main purpose of this study is to highlight the sustainable development problem faced by the air transport industry, to offer solutions by identifying positive/negative, production …
AJ Timmis, A Hodzic, L Koh, M Bonner, C Soutis… - … International Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose Carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (CFRP) have been developed by the aviation industry to reduce aircraft fuel burn and emissions of greenhouse gases. This study presents …
The challenge of mitigating climate change is critical to desirable tourism transportation futures, although to date relatively little attention has been paid to this aspect of sustainable …
This paper presents a method to assess the key performance indicators of aircraft designed for minimum direct operating costs and aircraft designed for minimum global warming …
We model global aviation biofuel uptake under a future emissions trading policy, and compare aviation CO2 emission reductions with climate impact reductions (CO2 and non …
The ability to simultaneously assess airline operations, economics, and emissions would help evaluate the progress toward reduction of aviation's environmental impact as outlined …
A Evans, A Schäfer - Journal of Air Transport Management, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper simulates airline strategic decision making and its impact on passenger demand, flight delays and aircraft emissions. Passenger flows, aircraft operations, flight delays and …