两架低噪音低排放航班首次横跨大西洋飞行, 欧洲空中交通管理计划

Release Date: 2010-04-08

Brussels, 8 April 2010. The two first complete (gate-to-gate) green transatlantic flights were operated on 6 and 7 April 2010 from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Miami airports. The flights were carried out by Air France (6 April) and American Airlines (7 April). This marks a new milestone for the AIRE (Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions) programme, a joint initiative between the European Commission and the FAA. AIRE is the green component of the SESAR programme

During the approximately nine hours flight, enhanced procedures were used to improve the aircraft’s energy efficiency. These procedures, applied at each flight stage and coordinated among all project participants, reduce fuel consumption (and hence carbon dioxide emissions) throughout the flight, from taxiing at Paris-Charles de Gaulle to arrival on the parking stand in Miami.

“I congratulate all the partners involved in this success. Gate-to-gate green flights show that by working together and by making better use of existing technology, we achieve benefits for the environment, airlines and citizens. This is the only way forward and we must do more. Green flights have to become our daily business and cannot remain singular events”, comments Patrick Ky, Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking.

Air France estimates that the coordinated application of environmental friendly procedures during the flight cut CO2 emissions by 6-9 tons and save 2-3 tons of jet fuel.

Type:	NORMAL
Company:	欧洲空中交通管理计划
Country:	比利时