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Contribution of Airlines for the Reduction of Industry Nuisances and Gases

PROJECTS
Funding
European
European Union
Duration
-
Status
Complete with results
Geo-spatial type
Other
Total project cost
€953 760
EU Contribution
€647 334
Project Acronym
CARING
STRIA Roadmaps
Transport mode
Airborne icon
Transport policies
Environmental/Emissions aspects
Transport sectors
Passenger transport,
Freight transport

Overview

Call for proposal
SP1-JTI-CS-2009-01
Link to CORDIS
Objectives

Project CARING (Contribution of Airlines for the Reduction of Industry Nuisances and Gases) aimed at better understanding how airlines deal with the environmental constraints, currently and in the future. CARING pursued three main objectives in line with Clean Sky’s Systems for Green Operations ITD:

  • Gather trajectory data from actual flights. These trajectory data were used in Clean Sky’s simulator to evaluate their environmental impact and will be compared with future optimal trajectories permitted by the progress of the Clean Sky programme.
  • Understand the current and future environmental constraints and the basis for taxations, emission permits, etc.
  • Model how airlines dealt with the environmental constraints, and how it affects their economics, their operations and their strategy.

To be comprehensive, the CARING study covered several models of airlines: regional, low-cost, charter and long-haul. For trajectory data, environmental specialists worked with airlines to record FDR data on a variety of routes (congested airports, secondary airports, medium haul, long haul), aircrafts (turboprops, single aisles, long range) and approaches (regular, CDA) that are relevant for an environmental study. Trajectory data was then analysed and synthesised for use within the Clean Sky simulator. For environmental constraints, the consortium conducted a survey of existing and potential future international rules. At last, an economic modelling was developed based on the previous surveys and an analysis of the other costs within an airline (crew, delays, missed connections, etc.). This economic business model helped understand how the environmental constraints might affect future airline strategies, fleet and network decisions. The consortium involved 9 airlines as well as airline environmental specialists, airline operations & costs specialists and air transport economists.

Funding

Parent Programmes
Institution Type
Public institution
Institution Name
European Commission
Type of funding
Public (EU)
Specific funding programme
JTI-CS - Joint Technology Initiatives - Clean Sky
Other Programme
JTI-CS-2009-1-SGO-03-004 Economical modelling according to airline model

Results

Executive Summary:

The project studied FDR data from several thousand flights from 6 different airlines operating 9 different aircraft types. The analysis allowed to understand the differences between trajectories, the explaining variables and constraints for trajectory choices and how aircraft trajectories and standard operating procedures could be improved to reduce the environmental constraints while remaining compatible with the real-world environment of the flights (ATC, weather, operations).

After studying all environmental constraints (noise and emissions) worldwide and explaining their mechanism and financial impact on airline, the consortium surveyed 100s of airlines about the way they tend to adapt to these new constraints. The consortium developed several scenarios for the evolution of the regulatory framework and economic conditions. In addition to environmental costs, the consortium studied the other sources of costs of airlines (all direct operating costs) to put them in perspective and better understand how airlines would balance environmental costs with other costs. Finally, these studies served as input to the development of a global economic model that shows how airlines react to environmental constraints (an in particular EU-ETS) in a monopoly, duopoly and pure competition environment.

These economic models were played against the above mentioned scenarios to project how a sample airline would benefit or not from the environmental constraints in a competitive environment depending on the fleet it operates and of its environmental efficiency. The model showed that green aircraft give a competitive advantage to airlines while at the same time having a beneficial effect on the environment.

 

Partners

Lead Organisation
Organisation
Nextops
Address
Avenue Frédéric Estèbe 30, 31200 Toulouse, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€169 313
Partner Organisations
Organisation
Envisa Sas
Address
Rue Oberkampf 22, 75011 Paris, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€60 030
Organisation
Icon International Services Limited
Address
Church Street 97, Brighton, BN1 1UJ, United Kingdom
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€73 688
Organisation
Transavia France
Address
AVENUE LOUIS BLERIOT 18, 91551 PARAY VIEILLE POSTE, France
EU Contribution
€60 375
Organisation
Federation Nationale De L' Aviation Marchande
Address
RUE DE CHATEAUDUN 28, 75009 PARIS, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€17 888
Organisation
Ecole Nationale De L Aviation Civile
Address
Avenue Edouard Belin 7, 31055 31055, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€122 535
Organisation
Julien Guillaume Dufour
Address
rue des boulangers 15, 75005 Paris, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€67 905
Organisation
Airlinair Sa
Address
RUE DE VILLENEUVE, SILIC 24/26, 94563 RUNGIS, France
Organisation website
EU Contribution
€42 675
Organisation
Tui Airways Limited
Address
WIGMORE HOUSE, WIGMORE LANE, LUTON, LU2 9TN, United Kingdom
EU Contribution
€32 925

Technologies

Technology Theme
Aircraft operations and safety
Technology
Optimization of air traffic operations for reduced environmental impacts
Development phase
Demonstration/prototyping/Pilot Production

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