A passenger aircraft, operated by Ryanair, flies over another of the airline's aircraft while making the final approach at London Stansted Airport. Photograph: Chris Ratcliffe/BloombergOver the past two years a narrative has surfaced around aviation and sustainability. This crystallised in the Toulouse Declaration, which was launched to much fanfare earlier in 2022, and outlines a plan to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050.
Firstly, net zero is a form of accounting terminology that suggests you can have a bit of polluting offset by other savings to deliver a net result. It does not produce 100 per cent pollution-free flight. Secondly, 28 years is a nonsensical period for any industry leader. That would be like JFK saying in 1960 that he chose to go to the moon by 1988, or for Winston Churchill to say in 1939 he could beat nazism by 1967.
Engines that rely on some form of hydrogen, electric or nuclear power will be needed to achieve this feat but the prize is enormous. If aviation can deliver a platform that is truly pollution free, it will create instant demand from airports, Governments, airlines and consumers who understand and value the power of commercial aviation in driving economic and societal advances.
Juan Trippe, the inspirational leader of Pan American when it was the world’s largest airline, was renowned for pushing aircraft manufacturers to make radical technical breakthroughs. He was key to the invention of long-range intercontinental jet aircraft. He also hustled for the development of what became the highly popular Boeing 747 Jumbo aircraft.
How about they start with banning geo engineering & spraying goodness knows what into our air to try & control nature!
Here we go again. The Green Brigade won't be happy until we're all living like 16th century peasants, whilst themselves flying in private jets of course, because, you know, they can.
Mabey in 40 years time 😂😂😂
Giant catapults are the solution. Log it.
We need Elon Musk
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