An Airbus-led partnership with Air France and the air navigation service providers from the UK, Canada and the U.S.—respectively, NATS, Nav Canada and the FAA—plan soon to begin Transatlantic Green Flight (TGF) trials with an Air France A380 on revenue flights from New York (JFK) to Paris (CDG). Under a recent contract from the Sesar (Single European Sky ATM Research) Joint Undertaking (SJU), the A380 TGF trials form part of the second wave the
Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (Aire2). The European Commission and the FAA launched the first phase, Aire, in June 2007 at the Paris Air Show.
Airbus expects the TGF flights to take place over a six- to eight-week period starting during the fourth quarter. The trials will cover the “optimization” of the taxi-out procedure at JFK airport, as well as the en route leg over the Atlantic. Airbus expects the measures to cut CO2 emissions by around three tons per A380 flight, compared with existing procedures.
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