Abstract
Aviation is one of the fastest growing industries as well as transportation modes in the world. Global aviation contributes about 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions and supports 8% of the world economic activity in terms of GDP. With the phenomenal growth in air trafficking by the national and international airliners the total carbon space available for flying is getting progressively diminished and the consequential emission levels are also becoming alarming over passage of time. The paper describes the concept of evolution of Green Transport system with focus on manufacturing of green aircraft and sustainable green marketing involving green supply chain. This entails introduction of New and innovative technologies, including aircraft designing, improving operational efficiency, air traffic control & monitoring etc; combined with emission mitigation efforts towards sustainable growth of the industry, can make enormous improvements in emission control and reduction in a planned and system-based manner. These integrated approaches are proposed to be used to harmonize the systems and processes that can essentially constitute the suggested framework of the Green Aviation Transport system. The paper, inter alia, discusses various conceptual, strategic, technological and economic and environmental dimensions of the Green Aviation transport system with focus on creating new Green Marketing opportunities for the aviation industry in future.
Highlights
Green Transport is a new concept—an initiative to support sustainable economic development without sacrificing the local and global environment
Airports have joined the effort of the airliners to reduce their adverse environmental impact by developing “green departures” which allow pilots to take-off and climb to their desired altitude in one, smooth ascent For instance, Copenhagen airport has reported a reduction of 32,000 tonnes of CO2 in one year. Another project, focusing on approach and landing operations through a new method called “continuous descent operations” (CDO), where an airplane descends from its optimal altitude in a continuous motion, can lead to fuel savings of up to 40% during the approach phase
The paper discusses at length the broad conceptual parameters and operational aspects of “greening” and “sustainability” of the future aviation industry, which is rapidly growing
Summary
Green Transport is a new concept—an initiative to support sustainable economic development without sacrificing the local and global environment. Changes to vehicle design standards and improvements to emission testing have reduced the impact of the vehicles on the air qualityincluding in the aviation industry. SARKAR this by no means are adequate, as the total number of carriers commissioned in the air-space every year, is growing at a rapid space. This is in response to meteoric rise in global population, economic growth and conesquential fast changing life-style. Given this scenario, what is becoming increasingly critical for the Aviation Industry is to develop State-of-the-Art Technology that minimizes the aviation’s emission levels in the atmosphere while air-trafficking. The paper discusses various conceptual, strategic, technological, environmental and economic dimension of the Green Aviation transport system with focus on creating new Green Marketing opportunities for the aviation industry
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