Thu, Oct 15, 2009
ASPIRE Seeks To Lessen Aviation's Environmental Footprint
Japan became the latest partner in
the Asia and Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions (ASPIRE), which
is designed to make aircraft operations in the region more
efficient in order to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
"This is an important milestone in our collective effort to
lessen aviation's environmental footprint," said FAA Administrator
Randy Babbitt, who signed the agreement along with Ryuhei Maeda,
the Director General of the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB),
Tuesday in Osaka. "We have all pledged to adopt and promote best
practices that will benefit the environment."
Japan joins the FAA, Airservices Australia and Airways New
Zealand as partners to ASPIRE, which began in February 2008. Goals
of the partnership include identifying and sharing procedures that
produce environmental benefits, quantifying green enhancements in
the region over the last decade, and establishing fuel and
emissions baselines for current operations, along with future
performance benchmarks.
A Japan Airlines flight from Honolulu to Osaka preceding the
signing ceremony is the latest ASPIRE flight demonstration to
reduce emissions and to save time and fuel by utilizing the most
efficient, advanced technologies and procedures. These include
procedures such as just-in-time fueling, using preferred routes
over the ocean, optimizing speed and altitude and using a
tailored-arrival approach to the destination airport.
There have been three previous ASPIRE demonstration flights. An
Air New Zealand 777 flying from Auckland to San Francisco last
September saved 7,700 pounds of fuel and 27,700 pounds of carbon
dioxide. A Qantas A380 flying from Los Angeles to Melbourne last
October saved 19,600 pounds of fuel and 61,700 pounds of carbon
dioxide. And a United 747 flying from Sydney to San Francisco last
November saved 10,500 pounds of fuel and 33,100 pounds of carbon
dioxide.
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