by 2030, wants to fly the Airbus with a fully climate-neutral machines. How he intends to achieve this goal – and how far the aircraft manufacturer are in order.
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury is feeling the pressure. No climate debate these days without the critical eye on the air travel. Flying will always be denounced loud as a climate killer. No transport impacted the climate more. Airbus controls against: On the edge of the “Airbus Innovation Days 2019” in Toulouse, the new Chairman of the Board announced the list of its priority. At the top, to reduce the emission of CO2. But Guillaume Faury also know that the project still needs time.
First of all, it will be a matter of replacing old by modern aircraft. In addition, through improved air traffic management up to 15 percent in fuel consumption and CO2-emissions could be saved. This includes the use of sustainable Bio needs to be expanded-fuels. It is clear the French but also All of the alone will not be sufficient to reach the emission-free flying.
Faury wants to introduce as from the next decade of electric drives. The goal should be to fly completely emission-free. Only: This will not work with today’s batteries. The aircraft manufacturers know. Therefore, the development of hydrogen, Bio and synthetic fuels must be pushed. Airbus CEO Faury wants to make growth from 2020, carbon-neutral, starting from 2035, the CO2 is expected to decrease values.
