24 January 2025
Climate-neutral aviation interview
"We take a helicopter view, looking at making aviation greener. For instance, we carry out research into what the effects of various developments and innovations would be on emissions from the sector as a whole. New developments are coming rapidly, one after the other. That makes it crucial to create and maintain an overall picture before we start zooming in on the details. A solution can for instance look really promising from one perspective whereas it doesn’t fit in well at all from another point of view. To take just one example, aircraft that are more lightweight emit less CO2 but if those weight savings mean that the production, maintenance or recycling consumes a great deal more energy, then maybe it’s not so sustainable after all if you look at the whole lifecycle."
