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European Airlines Highlight Environmental Costs of ATC Woes

Strikes, technical failures, and airspace inefficiencies have led to 1 million metric tons of avoidable CO2 emissions since 2014.

Suboptimal flight paths resulted in 229,000 metric tons of additional fuel consumption and 721,000 metric tons of avoidable CO2 emissions in Europe from 2015 to 2017. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-ND) by Pierre PRESTAT)

By Cathy Buyck • Contributor - Europe

March 7, 2019

Frustrated by the lack of progress in the implementation of the Single European Sky (SES) project and dreading a repeat of last year’s rise in flight delays mainly due to air traffic control (ATC) strikes and staff shortages, the CEOs of Europe’s main airlines now are calling attention to the high environmental costs of Europe’s inefficient airspace. “The CO2 that is produced by the inefficiency [of the continent’s air traffic management] is a scandal,” International Airlines Group CEO Willie Walsh said during the Airlines for Europe (A4E) summit in Brussels on Wednesday. After pushing OEMs to manufacture more fuel-efficient aircraft, airlines cannot fully exploit the benefits of their investments in new equipment, he complained. “This is a disgrace,” said Walsh. “It’s like driving a car with six gears but you are only allowed to use three gears.”

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