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Improving environmental performance is becoming
increasingly part of the way the air traffic management
industry goes about its business. Andrew Watt,
Head of Environment at EUROCONTROL, explains how.
Environmental efficiency
Is the market doing the environmentalists?
job? Oil prices peaking at $147 per
barrel; the single biggest one-day rise in
the oil price; the father of airline deregulation
stating that our industry is unsustainable
at prices of $150 per barrel;
airlines going bankrupt; aircraft retired
from service; major areas of the world
economy in or close to recession卼here抯
not the demand out there that there used
to be. So, the environmental impact of
our industry is no longer an issue. Or is
that just wishful thinking?
As ever, the truth lies somewhere in the
middle. Yes, the market is doing a job of
sorts to reduce demand. No, environmental
impact cannot be ignored. So,
where are we really?
We are at a stage where dealing with
environmental issues is becoming part
of the way we go about our business. In
fact, we are becoming more and more like
other industries with a high environmental
profile that have moved rapidly and decisively
to ensure the long-term sustainability
of their sector or organisation.
As with such industries, the amount of
environmental legislation that impinges
on aviation and air traffic management
is growing. We have this directly through
the Single European Sky legislation; the
European directive that implements ICAO抯
balanced approach to the management
of noise at airports; the incorporation of
aviation CO2 emissions into the European
Union抯 Emissions Trading Scheme and
potentially through new legislation to
reduce aviation抯 nitrous oxide emissions
(NOx). Add to that the body of European
and national legislation related to decommissioning
of equipment, or to strategic
environmental assessment related to
infrastructure changes, and we begin to
see that ATM must work within a legislative
framework designed in part to control
aviation抯 environmental impact.
From the market perspective, the high
price of fuel and the impact thereof
on airspace users has been
severe. Almost 30 airlines
have gone bankrupt in the last
12 months, while those that remain
in business are cutting back severely
on their schedules. And of course, the
spectre of a high carbon price looms over
an industry which sees itself as a net buyer
of emissions permits from 2012 onwards.
Less obviously, but perhaps of greater
long-term significance, the focus of the
markets on environmental risk is growing
and this may force up the cost of doing
business for those companies regarded
as generating environmental impact, or
those likely to suffer from it, in particular if
weather patterns are modified as a result
of climate change. In aviation抯 case, we
could be caught by both.
So, this gives readers an idea of some of
the uncertainties that ATM has to deal with
as it targets more resources to reduce the
environmental impact of any given flight.
Reluctant though we are to tell people,
we抮e actually doing a good job!
First of all, ATM is increasingly responsive
to the need of airspace users to save fuel
burn and reduce emissions. The Flight
Efficiency Plan signed jointly by IATA,
EUROCONTROL and CANSO demonstrates
how, working in partnership,
we can be a force for positive change.
Anything that
saves fuel reduces
emissions. This is good
for business and the environment,
and will be delivered
through operational improvements.
A key measure in this
plan is the push to implement Continuous
Descent Approach (CDA) across the
European Civil Aviation Conference
(ECAC) area. This will depend, principally,
on the key airport operational stakeholders
working together: the airport operator,
local air traffic control and the major
carriers. Several of these have already
worked with EUROCONTROL to develop
the CDA Implementation Guidance document
that has been such a success, with
over 3,000 copies distributed in just 12
months. EUROCONTROL抯 CDA support
team is out there encouraging take-up
of CDA as we seek to meet our 2013
target of implementation at 100 airports to
comply with the SESAR baseline. Over 20
airports now employ CDA and many more
have expressed an interest in doing so.
The CDA guidance document provides
the backbone of global CDA guidance
　
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本文鏈接地址：Skyway Magazine Autumn 2008(11)