Addressing the climate challenge
Addressing the noise challenge
Ensuring a sustainable future for our industry
Our mission
Sustainable Aviation is a long term strategy which sets out the collective approach of UK aviation to tackling the challenge of ensuring a cleaner, quieter, smarter future for our industry.
Sustainable Aviation Carbon Road-Map: A path to Net Zero
UK aviation has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, through an international approach, working with governments around the world and through the UN.
Our Road-Map shows how we can accommodate a 70% growth in passengers by 2050 whilst reducing net carbon emissions levels from just over 30 million tonnes of CO2 per year down to zero through smarter flight operations, new aircraft and engine technology, modernising our airspace, the use of sustainable aviation fuels and significant investment in carbon reductions through smart market-based policy measures.
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Commenting on the Government’s recently published Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, Sustainable Aviation Chair Adam Morton said: “Sustainable Aviation welcomes this morning’s...
UK aviation CEOs write to the Prime Minister calling for aviation decarbonisation to be at...
CEOs from the aviation industry have called on the Prime Minister to seize the chance for the UK to lead the world in delivering net...
Industry welcomes cross-party support for sustainable aviation fuels in parliamentary debate
Cross-party MPs from across the political spectrum voice support for sustainable aviation fuels and decarbonisation. Industry coalition welcomes political backing, calls for Government support of...
Key facts
The global aviation industry produces around 2% of all human-induced CO2 emissions
Aviation is responsible for 12% of CO2 emissions from all transport sources, compared to 74% from road transport
120,000
The number of people employed by Sustainable Aviation members, up by 2000 since 2014