Sustainability and Environment
Regional Airline and Thales Reduce Contrail Emissions
Altitude changes have reduced climate impact by at least 40%
Amelia Embraer ERJ145 regional airliner
French regional airline Amelia has changed altitudes flown by its Embraer ERJ145 fleet to reduce contrail emissions.

French regional airline Amelia is extending its use of an approach to reducing contrails developed jointly with Thales and Breakthrough Energy Contrails. Trial operations with its fleet of Embraer ERJ-145s conducted on flights out of Paris and Valladolid in Spain have resulted in reductions in non-carbon-dioxide emissions assessed as being equivalent to four tons of CO2.

Since the trial started in June, Thales has integrated its Flights Footprint software with Amelia’s Operational Control Center platform to help the airline determine alternative trajectories for flight plans that will reduce contrails. When significant contrail impact is detected, the technology proposes changes to the aircraft altitude without changing the route, while keeping any additional fuel consumption below a 3% increase.

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