Fuels for the future
- Magazine Feature Article
- 09AEMD0902_01
- English
Global engine manufacturers are investing millions of dollars into new technologies and design concepts to extract the maximum performance out of the coming generation of engines in terms of reduced fuel burn and lower NOx and CO2 emissions. Today's global civil air fleet contributes only about 2% of manmade CO2 emissions, but this could rise to 3% by 2050 because of air traffic growth. And so work continues, by design evolution and increased fuel efficiency, in the pursuit of improvements that will provide a realistic way forward for aviation.
Speaking in Geneva at the Aviation and Environment Summit, Paul Steele, the Executive Director of the