Stef Proost from KU Leuven and Robert Malina from Hasselt University discuss with Achim I. Czerny (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) a topic that has been brought up during last year's European Aviation Conference hosted by the University of Antwerp. Stef highlights that the EU greenhouse gas emissions are capped by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Robert identifies a realization gap in terms of the supply of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) needed to fulfill the SAF quota imposed by the ReFuelEU Aviation policy. The discussion in this podcast sheds light on the environmental impact of (possibly) missing the SAF quota in the presence of the EU ETS. We also talk about about Carrots (US policy) versus Sticks (EU policy) which had been a big topic in two past podcasts. Please check the following videos for more information:

The EU approach towards decarbonizing aviation: https://youtu.be/dBpk0Hfcmzg

The US SAF Grand Challenge: https://youtu.be/PpsPlKeujcE

One exciting aspect of airports is how different the market environments are depending on the geographic location around the globe. For instance, many new airports are constructed in Asia, whereas new so-called "greenfield" airports are rare in Europe. But, there are two examples. One in Lisbon (Portugal) and the other near Warsaw (Poland). In this podcast, we have two experts discussing what these airport projects have in common and in which aspects they differ from each other. Rosário Macário (CITUA - IST - Universidade de Lisboa; TPR - University of Antwerp) will be sharing her insights about the Lisbon airport project. Piotr Schielmann (Lazarski Aviation Academy) will do the same for the Polish Central Transportation Hub to which the new airport will belong.

Vivien Lau is the Director Airport Freight Forwarding Centre (Hong Kong). The title of her keynote speech at the EAC24 at the University of Antwerp was "How Technological Developments Are Changing Air Cargo Business Now and In The Future." We recorded the video as a backup in case there would have been technological issues at the conference venue. There weren't any technical issues; but it's great to have the video so that we can share it with you now. For more information about the speaker, Vivien Lau, please check her LinkedIn account at linkedin.com/in/vivienlau

The European Aviation Conference 2024 (EAC 24) is approaching. We used October’s webinar on Monday 28th, to share more details about this year’s EAC conference with you (see the below-attached picture). What is the logic behind the agenda, who are the speakers and panelists, and what can you expect? All these questions were answered in the October webinar. The speakers were Dan Elliott (Frontier Economics) and Bill Morrison (Wilfried Laurier University). The webinar was moderated by Andrew Charlton.

Earlier this year a passenger-carrying pilotless eVTOL has obtained a production certificate in China. This is considered a significant leap towards mass production. So, some wonder, what’s the commercial potential of such passenger and, of course, cargo services? This question was discussed in the September webinar.

We had three guest speakers joining the discussion. Anna Straubinger from the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research Mannheim in Germany, Amin Vafadar from the Advanced Air Mobility Institute in Boston (US), and Philip Butterworth-Hayes who is the Editor of Unmanned Airspace (https://www.unmannedairspace.info/). The webinar was moderated by Andrew Charlton.

The EACI/GARS webinars usually take place every last Monday of a month at 1 pm CEST. Please mark the dates in your calendar! If you are new to the series, please register at: https://forms.office.com/r/TN0Wse1sAd

The August webinar shaded light on the relationships among five associations. The associations are (in alphabetical order) the Air Transport Research Society (ATRS), the European Aviation Conference Institute (EACI), the German Aviation Research Society (GARS), the International Transportation Economics Association (ITEA), and the Symposium on Aviation Research (SOAR). Guest speakers were Martin Dresner from the University of Maryland for ATRS, Erik Verhoef from VU Amsterdam for ITEA, Gianmaria Martini from the University of Bergamo for SOAR, and I from The HK PolyU for EACI and GARS. Andrew Charlton from Aviation Advocacy was again so kind to moderate the webinar.

The EACI/GARS webinars usually take place every last Monday of a month at 1 pm CEST. Please mark the dates in your calendar! If you are new to the series, please register at: https://forms.office.com/r/TN0Wse1sAd

The guest speaker was Gary Cutts. He is the Challenge Director of the Future Flight, UK Research and Innovation initiative involving a £300m programme to research, plan and demonstrate new integrated systems of aviation using low-carbon and autonomous technologies. We are pleased to announce that Gary will be one of the keynote speakers at this year’s European Aviation Conference hosted by the University of Antwerp in Belgium. The moderator was Andrew Charlton (Aviation Advocacy).

The guest speakers were Damien Meadows and Laurent Donceel. Damien Meadows is an Advisor on European and International Carbon Markets of the European Commission’s DG Climate Action. He also is a contributor to a recently published book titled “Delivering a Climate Neutral Europe” published by Routledge (who also kindly sponsors the GARS Junior Award with book vouchers). Laurent Donceel is a Policy Director at A4E, where he is in charge of sustainability dossiers. His expertise is in political communication both in Brussels and across EU capitals. The moderator was Andrew Charlton (Aviation Advocacy).

Guest speaker was Samar Abbas Nawaz (Peace Research Institute, Oslo). The moderator was Andrew Charlton (Aviation Advocacy).

The moderator was Andrew Charlton (Aviation Advocacy). Guest speakers were Brian Pearce (University College London) and Dan Elliott (Frontier Economics).

We had two great speakers in this extra edition. One was Nikita Pavlenko (ICCT). The ICCT recently published a report discussing the US SAF Grand Challenge. Here's the link: https://theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/ID-37-%E2%80%93-SAF-Grand-Challenge-white-paper-letter-40036-v3.pdf. The other was Stephen Holland from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. In a previous webinar, he already discussed the policy lessons from California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard for SAF policies.

The moderator was Andrew Charlton (Aviation Advocacy). Guest speakers were Glyn Hughes (TIACA) and Oliver Ditz (Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics).

The moderator was Andrew Charlton (Aviation Advocacy). Alex Brooker, VP of R&D at Cirium was the guest speaker.

The moderator was Andrew Charlton (Aviation Advocacy). The panel members (in alphabetical order) were Anne Lange (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences), Benny Mantin (University of Luxembourg), and Carlos Grau Tanner (Global Express Association).