Heading into 2022, business aviation leaders have been encouraged about progress that has been and is being made on the sustainability front. But at the same time, industry leaders are aware that much work remains to be done not only in the advancement of initiatives such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) but also in attracting the buy-in of aircraft operators.
During the most recent NBAA-BACE in Las Vegas last October, the leaders of NBAA, GAMA, and IBAC formally unveiled a new sustainability pledge: net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050. This builds on a series of goals the industry collectively established in 2009 to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2050, increase fuel efficiency by 2 percent per year from 2010 to 2020, and achieve carbon-neutral growth from 2020. Well on its way to making those earlier marks and, with a number of new technologies in the offing, the leaders of the associations expressed confidence that the new, bolder target could be reached.
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