Technological progress will require collaboration
across the value chain and across countries.
• Governments will need to play a role in funding
fundamental research.
• Political will is perhaps one of the most important
mechanisms for delivering emissions reductions from
infrastructure improvements.
• The lack of implementation of a Single European
Sky is one glaring omission in policy action to reduce
emissions from air travel.
IATA is actively promoting collaborative efforts on
technology and is lobbying hard for governments to
improve infrastructure. For operations, there is a major
initiative to spread best practices. More needs to be done
about the challenges of climate change, but the airline
industry is already stepping up efforts with a bold vision of
zero emissions and an important target of carbon-neutral
growth. The key lesson for both policy-makers and the
industry is to look beyond simple economic instruments
for mechanisms to bring ab