NATS and UK CAA push ahead with flight efficiency targets

The UK’s National Air Traffic System (NATS) and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have set new flight efficiency targets designed to deliver 600,000 tonnes of CO2 and £120m of fuel savings over the next three years.  This is the equivalent of around 3,000 flights between London and New York.

The scheme is based on several years of development work by NATS responding to requests from its airline customers.  It will establish Europe’s most comprehensive and developed incentive regime to encourage the most environmentally efficient use of airspace.

The proposed regime, and the thinking that underpins it, is based on analysis of actual radar tracks since 2006, establishing an average efficiency level in terms of horizontal and vertical flight trajectories in other words how direct the route is, and how smooth the climb and descent for every flight.  Flight trajectories have significant impacts on fuel burn and therefore on carbon emissions. www.nats.co.uk www.caa.co.uk

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