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Aviation cracking environmental challenges

With oil prices and financial markets so unstable, one could easily assume that global warming and alternative fuels are far from the minds of most aircraf

By Ian Sheppard

June 4, 2009

With oil prices and financial markets so unstable, one could easily assume that global warming and alternative fuels are far from the minds of most aircraft operators. However, achieving sustainable growth in the aviation industry was the focus of a recent “Greener by Design” lecture hosted by London’s Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS).

Many of the current environmental initiatives were under way long before the economic crisis started and they will continue well after the dust has settled. However, there is growing realization in aviation that the industry must do more than address environmental issues; it must also communicate to the general public the changes that it is making.

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