by Jessica Brownlow | Sep 7, 2024 | Innovation, Sustainability, Video
At Aerospace Tech Week, Stefan Rhein, Project Manager Aviation, bavAIRia eV joined for a brief discussion on the rapidly evolving Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) landscape. bavAIRia eV is an association of Bavarian players in civil and military aviation, aerospace and space applications, commissioned by the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy to manage the Aerospace Cluster. Its aim is to identify Bavaria’s core competencies in aviation, aerospace and space applications and to strengthen collaboration amongst experts to enhance global competitiveness.
By mapping out the landscape, Rhein and his team identified key areas of improvement necessary to unlock the sector’s full potential. In this conversation, Rhein provided a brief overview of the Bavarian AAM ecosystem, revealing it is both larger and stronger than initially anticipated.
Contextualising the Bavarian landscape within the increasingly competitive global market, Rhein emphasised the importance of “the first mover advantage” and shared a few predictions for 2024 as the industry shifts from concept to commercialisation.
Watch the full interview below for more insights.
Questions asked include:
- Can you start by sharing an overview of what you are currently working on?
- Why is 2024 set to be such a pivotal year for the development of Advanced Air Mobility?
- This is shaping into a competitive landscape; can you highlight some of the critical steps for becoming a leader in this field?
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by Jessica Brownlow | Jun 17, 2024 | Innovation, Sustainability, Video
At Aerospace Tech Week, Willie Walsh, Director General, The International Air Transport Association (IATA) joined for a five minute discussion on the industry landscape. During the interview, he outlined a path for tackling the sustainability challenge and looked at the failures of the Single European Sky (SES) deal.
Underscoring the critical role of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in navigating the decarbonisation of the industry, Walsh briefly mapped out the role governments must play in stimulating its scale up. Highlighting the concerning disparity between the US and European SAF production, Walsh cautioned that we are not seeing the right balance between incentives and mandates being adopted internationally, and governments are failing to recognise the opportunity in front of them.
Walsh urged that effectively addressing the sustainability challenge will take the support from every member of the ecosystem including governments, regulators, OEMs etc. Singling out fuel suppliers, Walsh said:
“Traditional fuel suppliers who have made hundreds of billions in profit off the industry over the years need to significantly accelerate their investment in the production of SAF […] They’re part of the problem, they’ve got to be part of the solution.”
Unpacking the flaws of the SES deal which Walsh previously condemned as a “failure,” he highlighted its initial promises: a tenfold improvement in safety, tripling Europe’s airspace capacity, substantial cost reduction, and a 10 per cent decrease in CO2 emissions. Criticising the deal for falling short on all four fronts, Walsh described the deal as “very disappointing given the critical importance of all of those issues.”
Questions asked:
- You described the EU’s Single European Sky deal as a failure. Which areas in particular did the agreement fall short and to what extent will this impact the industry’s ability to modernise European air traffic management?
- What do you see as the major challenges when it comes to meeting the net zero by 2050 goal and how many of these are going to require government involvement to overcome them?
- How do you propose we catalyse the mindset shift towards a more inclusive ecosystem involving governments, suppliers, airlines etc.?
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