COVID-19 and pathways to low-carbon air transport until 2050

Gößling, Stefan; Humpe, Andreas; Fichert, Frank; Creutzig, Felix

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abe90b

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“…Governments and policy makers should push these designs now, and bind their funding and implementation to conditions leading towards pandemic-resilient aviation. While the aviation industry has made some improvements in the past decades, for instance, regarding the use of composite materials, synthetic fuels ( Gössling et al, 2021a ), modern manufacturing methods, and turning hardware functions into software, now it is the time to rethink at a larger scale, compared to performing business as usual. If it turns out that existing airlines and equipment manufacturers are reluctant to perform investments and upgrades, there needs to be a better support for novel, less conventional players, be it in terms of funding or certification reliefs.…”

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Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation

2021

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While COVID-19 has devastating effects on aviation, several recent studies have highlighted the potential of the pandemic-induced break for rethinking air transportation, hopefully orchestrating changes towards the construction of a more pandemic-resilient aviation system. Here, pandemic-resilient means that aviation stakeholders can sustain the impact of an epidemic or pandemic outbreak through a more informed reallocation of their resources and more collaborative decision making, while being able to minimize the impacts of external events. Our study contributes to the literature by discussing the challenges associated with technological innovation and education of aviation professionals, on the way towards pandemic-resilient aviation. We discuss issues surrounding technologies for smarter aircraft, smarter airports, and smarter airlines. While technology ensures long-term competitiveness and sustainability, an often-ignored source of challenges are human resources and education. COVID-19 has uncovered and magnified the effects of severe concerns with the current aviation education system, which need to be solved by extended skill sets, modern technology, and better career perspectives. Without properly addressing these technological and educational challenges, the aviation industry likely misses an distinct opportunity for restructuring towards pandemic-resilient aviation.

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Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation

2021

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“…Non-biogenic synthetic fuels, which require far lower water and land inputs than biofuels, seem to represent the most suitable option for a long-term jet fuel (IEA, 2019a). Their main disadvantage is that to produce these fuels, vast amounts of renewable energy are needed, implying a significant land cost (Gössling, Humpe, Fichert, & Creutzig, 2021). If non-biogenic sustainable fuels are to make a significant contribution to emission reductions, there is also a need to vastly increase production capacity.…”

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Transition policies for climatically sustainable aviation

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Lyle

2021

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Emissions from aviation are expected to grow. With evidence that the International Civil Aviation Organization's Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation is an inadequate mitigation mechanism, there is interest in upscaling the sector's climate-related policies. This paper reviews potential aviation emissions mitigation policies against the background of emerging complexities, such as the large share of radiative forcing not covered under any policy agreement, as well as highly skewed demand distributions. In total, 30 voluntary, market-based and regulatory "transition policies" are identified and evaluated with regard to their potential to reduce emissions from air passenger transport and to initiate the transition to new fuels and propulsion technologies. The paper also discusses the potential public acceptance of differing policies. It concludes that the removal of fossil fuel and related subsidies represents a priority, supported by policy mixes comprising levies (CO 2 , frequent fliers, premium classes) and a feed-in quota for definitively established sustainable aviation fuels. To reduce flight emissions is feasible in principle, but will require policy initiatives at the national level or at the level of regional jurisdictions such as the European Union.

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“…Low-carbon technologies should be introduced to the field of air transport, such as electric flight and sustainable alternative fuels [118,119]. Gössling et al [120] found that nonbiogenic synthetic fuels likely are the most viable option to completely phase out fossil fuels.…”

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Air Emergency Transport under COVID-19: Impact, Measures, and Future

2021

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 dominated the year 2020 and has an unprecedented impact on global air transport. This paper tries to make an overall review on the interaction of air transport and the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the confirmed cases were first reported in China, the origin of the pandemic remains uncertain. China was the first country to control the COVID-19 pandemic, and domestic air traffic recovers at a fast pace. Compared to 2019 level, world scheduled capacity, passengers carried, and revenues for 2020 were reduced by 50%, 60%, and $371 billion, respectively. Compared with domestic passenger traffic, international passenger traffic reduces more seats, passengers, and revenues. Because air transport contributes to economic growth, many countries or regions provide aviation bailout. The US provides most direct aid, while China mostly provides policy measures. In the post-COVID-19 period, IATA suggests that accepting vaccinated passengers is the best practice to reopen borders. Air cargo will play an important role in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, air transport should be more digitalized, sustainable, and responsible in the future.

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COVID-19 and pathways to low-carbon air transport until 2050

Cited by 68 publications

References 31 publications

Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation

Technological and educational challenges towards pandemic-resilient aviation

Transition policies for climatically sustainable aviation

Air Emergency Transport under COVID-19: Impact, Measures, and Future

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