GERMANY's aviation industry has presented a joint master plan to bring air transport more in line with climate protection, reports Berlin's Clean Energy Wire.
Embraced by the German Aviation Association (BDL) and the Association of German Airlines (BDF), the master plan commits companies in the sector to the goal of CO2-neutral air transport and sets out in detail the measures that can reduce greenhouse gas emission, said the report.
Based on pre-coronavirus crisis figures, air traffic is responsible for 2.8 per cent of CO2 emissions worldwide, according to the BDL. The industry sees the best way is to replace older aircraft with more energy-efficient, lower-emission aircraft.
Due to the slump in air traffic as a result of the Covid crisis, these efforts are at a standstill, Reuters reports. The sector is therefore calling for funding for fleet renewal from the assistance programme currently being developed by the government. Replacing older aircraft has led to a 44 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions since 1990, the BDL notes.
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Embraced by the German Aviation Association (BDL) and the Association of German Airlines (BDF), the master plan commits companies in the sector to the goal of CO2-neutral air transport and sets out in detail the measures that can reduce greenhouse gas emission, said the report.
Based on pre-coronavirus crisis figures, air traffic is responsible for 2.8 per cent of CO2 emissions worldwide, according to the BDL. The industry sees the best way is to replace older aircraft with more energy-efficient, lower-emission aircraft.
Due to the slump in air traffic as a result of the Covid crisis, these efforts are at a standstill, Reuters reports. The sector is therefore calling for funding for fleet renewal from the assistance programme currently being developed by the government. Replacing older aircraft has led to a 44 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions since 1990, the BDL notes.
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