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Environment
Environment was the focus at the IATA Annual General Meeting. Even in these times of recession, no other industry is as ambitious and as united to address climate change following IATA’s four-pillar strategy.
Technology
New Technology Roadmap
IATA's Technology Roadmap was developed in close coordination with major aircraft manufacturers and R&D institutions. The Roadmap provides an overview of aircraft, engine and system technologies that help reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions. Retrofit technologies such as winglets, are considered as well as a range of more innovative technologies, including new engine architecture, composite materials and laminar flow. These innovations could be made available for new generation aircraft by 2020, reducing fuel burn by 20 to 35% per aircraft.
Technology Roadmap fact sheet
For more information on the Technology Roadmap, please contact fuelaction@iata.org
Green Teams
Airline support
The Green Team support has been expanded to include the following initiatives:
- Support for airlines in complying with the European ETS reporting requirements for monitoring, reporting and verification ( MRV) as well as MRV gap assessment.
- A Benchmark Assessment Report, with a first edition issued early 2009.
- Remote support for the airlines through an interactive website and regional workshops to identify efficiency measures and share experience with other operators.
Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) requirements for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
Under the EU Directive most airlines with operations to, from and within the EU must meet monitoring, reporting and verification requirements, including:
- Submitting a monitoring plan by 31 August 2009
- Monitoring and reporting of tonne-kilometre data starting on 1 January 2010
- Monitoring and reporting of emission data starting on 1 January 2010
- Verification of data submissions
IATA can assist airlines in developing a monitoring plan as well as with quality audit procedures.
For further information please refer to www.iata.org/mrv
Green Teams achieved 7.39 million tonnes of CO2 emission savings in 2009
Regional breakdown of emissions savings:
There have been 98 FEGA on-site assessments to date, including five Green Team visits since the beginning of the year and 36 airline reports/implementations with a total savings of 5.09 million tonnes of CO2.
For more information, please go to the Green Teams page or contact: fuelaction@iata.org.
Great Success: First IATA Fuel Efficiency & Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) Regional Workshop
With 29 participants from 21 airlines worldwide, the first IATA Fuel Efficiency & ETS regional workshop was conducted in Geneva on 9-10 June. The workshop provided guidelines and best practices on airline fuel efficiency management and CO2 savings implementation as well as an approach to the ETS impact, reporting and mitigation.
The methodology to identify and implement potential fuel saving initiatives was addressed in the areas of flight operations, flight dispatch, engineering and maintenance, ground operations and implementation, based on the expertise gained by the IATA Green Teams. Since 2005, the Green Teams helped airlines save over 32 million tonnes of CO2 or US$7 billion.
Upcoming Regional Workshops
The next IATA Fuel Efficiency & ETS Regional Workshop will be held in Miami on 15-16 September. Workshops in Middle East, China and Africa will be held later this year. To participate or for more information on how IATA can support fuel efficiency and CO2 emission reduction please contact us at fuelaction@iata.org or join our Green Team on-line community.
IATA Operational Cost Reduction Initiative (OCRI)
In responding to the recent financial downturn, IATA has intensified its operational cost reduction campaign with a target to achieve savings of more than US$1 billion in operating costs.
The campaign covers all key areas of aircraft operations and has already generated identified savings of US$413 million for 2009, see chart below.
2009 Cost Reductions:
OCRI process
The concept builds on the model of the successful IATA Fuel Efficiency Green Teams. Industry best practice material has been developed in cooperation with highly experienced industry experts and companies and reviewed by airlines professionals. Data from more than 70 contributing airlines has been analysed to develop a comprehensive benchmark report.
On-site operational assessment
The GO teams analyse the individual airline data and provide specific recommendations for a cost reduction programme (OCRA = Operational Cost Reduction Assessment). Six on-site assessments have already been conducted, and another ten airlines are in the pipeline.
To initiate your involvement with any of the activities offered and receive the supporting publications, please complete the OCRA Form (pdf)
You can also participate in the Airline Technical Operations Assessment:
Materials and request for support are made available through the OCRI private site. Register to the private site through the OCRI page. For more information, please contact ocra@iata.org.
IATA Training and Qualification Initiative (ITQI)
The ITQI Report - Spring Edition 2009 has been published, including the results of the ITQI survey. In May, IATA, in partnership with ICAO, hosted the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) Roundtable. A NGAP task force was formed to complement ITQI's efforts, focusing on issues not covered by the ITQI work programme. The Flight Simulation Training Device Design & Performance Data Requirements Edition 7 is targeted to be released in August 2009.
Flight Operations
IATA represented its airline members at the recent Europe/US Safety Conference hosted by the European Aviations Safety Agency ( EASA) and Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA) in Athens, Greece and at the ICAO Operations Panel session in Montreal.
Key topics addressed included:
Global Air Operator Certificate (AOC) data bank
All participants at the conference supported the joint ICAO/IATA initiative for a global web-based AOC data bank. IATA urged the regulator representatives to follow the ICAO standard as recently published in Amendment 32 to Annex 6 and avoid unnecessarily deviating requirements.
The Chinese delegation confirmed the new Civil Aviation Administration of China ( CAAC) approach to ensure alignment with this Amendment. IATA agreed to support CAAC based on the successfully established cooperation.
Special Operations
The conference panel on special operations addressed the essential need for harmonization of system requirements deriving from SESAR and NextGen as well as the current regulatory activities on ultra-long-range operations. The ICAO Special Operations Task Force has completed a set of re-drafted revisions for Annex 6, which will be further reviewed by the industry experts.
Fuel Management
The ICAO Ops Panel approved the working paper initiated by IATA for revision of Annex 6 in regard to fuel management. This revision provides more precise guidance on the calculation of all types of reserve fuel and an increased operational flexibility through performance based measures including fuel consumption monitoring and enhanced en-route alternate aerodrome management. The ICAO Air Navigation Commission (ANC) is currently reviewing the provided draft.
Fatigue Risk Management
IATA endorsed the position paper (pdf) on Flight Time Limitations and Fatigue Risk Management. ICAO agreed with IATA’s suggestion at the Ops Panel to call for an industry task force on Fatigue Risk Management in order to develop harmonized procedures and a coordinated approach to global implementation. The ICAO invitation letter for this initiative will be distributed early next month.
In addition, IATA is working closely with its airline members to prepare the response to the EASA NPA 2009-02 accordingly.
For further information on all subjects above, please contact haackerj@iata.org.
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