Over the past two days, the key leaders across the aviation industry have descended upon Geneva for the 6th Aviation and Environment Summit. The event featured lively debates on topics ranging from sustainability, biofuels and global frameworks to industry announcements.  And yes, there was plenty of discussion around the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU [...]

And so the 6th Aviation and Environment Summit ends on a high, culminating with the industry signing a commitment to sustainable development, a reflection of the true spirit of the Summit. Introducing the declaration, IATA Director General Tony Tyler summarised his thoughts on the future of aviation into three key points. Firstly, he voiced the [...]

The sixth and final session of the 6th Aviation and Environment Summit on ‘Securing Aviation’s Role in Global Sustainable Development’ included a panel of all stars from the aviation world who discussed the rapport between government and industry with moderator Max Foster from CNN International. The star studded panel included Jim Albaugh, President and CEO [...]

The Summit’s fifth session had an interesting constellation of speakers  – Steve Csonka of GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney Canada President John Saabas, two fiercely competing engine manufacturers and similarly Filippo Bagnato, ATR CEO and Embraer Preseident, Commercial Aviation, Paolo Cesar de Souza e Silva – two airframe manufacturers. Focus was the efficiency improvements [...]

The fourth panel on a very interesting day presented a challenge for scene-setter and moderator Kevin Dobby: ensuring that a discussion on what needs to be done to secure a global framework is not overshadowed by ‘the elephant in the room’, as he put it (the EU ETS), and the international conflict it has spurred. [...]

Having just resumed after lunch, the term food for thought become apparent as a the panel on biofuels, guided and moderated by Andréa Debbané, Vice President for Environment Affairs, Airbus, and Bill Glover, Vice President Environment and Aviation Policy, Boeing, began to look for solutions to the hurdles facing biofuels. Techniques for fabricating alternative fuels [...]

The second panel of the day explored the role infrastructure plays in developing sustainable capacity.  What are the barriers to implementing improvements across daily operations?  How can we move forward on air traffic management systems?  According to the panel, the key to success within infrastructure improvements to ensure added capacity – in the sky and [...]

What is the role of aviation in sustainable development?  In the first session of the day, Sustainability Development featured a lively discussion moderated by International Aviation Advisor Kevin Dobby and insights from panellists representing the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Equiterre, Aviation Environment [...]

Industry collaboration is the key to efficient Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems according to CANSO and Boeing at the 6th Aviation and Environment Summit. Despite the current high level of optimized Air Traffic Management there is more capacity and efficiency to be had from the current advanced ATM systems in place.  This call out to [...]

Proceedings are well under way in Geneva for the 6th Aviation and Environment Summit. Many delegates, speakers, stakeholders, and spectators have descended on the lake-side city for the conference on the aviation industry and the environment, and this year for the launch of the report, ‘Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders’ commissioned by the Air Transport Action [...]