Project description
Moving towards an eco-friendly aviation industry
The EU is striving for a transport system that is resource-efficient, safe, and climate and environmentally friendly for citizens, the economy and society. Air travel is central to this, with many actions focusing on how to develop the aviation industry in a sustainable way. The EU-funded ALBATROSS project is an initiative of major European aviation stakeholders to demonstrate how the technical and operational innovations delivered by SESAR in the past years can further reduce the environmental footprint of aviation towards a more sustainable mode of transportation. The project will follow a holistic approach to cover all flight phases and address the operational and technological aspects of aviation and air traffic management.
Objective
Mobility and transportation are at the heart of our society which facilitate access to jobs, goods and services. And because air travel is one of the fastest and most progressive branches of the transportation sector it is also exposed to large visibility and strong European and worldwide pressure on sustainability.
ALBATROSS is a wide scale initiative of major European aviation stakeholder groups to demonstrate how the technical and operational R&D achievements of the past years can transform the current fuel intensive aviation to an environment-friendly industry sector.
To reach this goal ALBATROSS follows a holistic approach by covering all flight phases, directly involving all relevant stakeholder groups (such as Airlines, ANSPs, Network Manager, Airports and Industries) and addressing both operational and technological aspects of aviation and Air Traffic Management (ATM). The project will demonstrate the complementary of some solutions, from alternative aircraft fuel to enhanced ATM and Airspace Users operations on the ground, TMA and en-route. To foster increased flexibility and scalability the demonstrated approaches will also leverage cutting-edge technologies, such modern as air-ground connectivity means, and novel highly collaborative ATM procedures.
The possibilities of implementing a “Flight with Zero waste of Fuel and CO2 emissions” will be explored and extensively demonstrated in real conditions, through a series of live trials in various European operating environments. The demonstrations will span through a period of several months and will utilize over 1000 demonstration flights, which will be supported by Air France, Novair, Lufthansa, Wizz Air and Swiss on Airbus and Boeing aircraft, 2 Airports and major ANSPs. During this effort a strong pressure will be put on objective measurability and representativeness of the results, built on systematic data collection, utilizing Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig data
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels
- social sciencessocial geographytransporttransport planningair traffic management
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencemachine learning
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IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
31060 Toulouse
France
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Participants (19)
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31700 Blagnac
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31700 Blagnac
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95747 Roissy Cdg Cedex
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1030 Wien
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51147 Koln
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75720 Paris
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1130 Bruxelles / Brussel
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148 00 Praha
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28202 Charlotte
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602 27 Norrkoping
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190 60 Stockholm-Arlanda
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50672 Koln
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104 31 Stockholm
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1118 ZG Luchthaven Schiphol
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75014 Paris
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190 45 Stockholm Arlanda
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4052 Basel
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33700 Merignac
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LU2 9LY Luton
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