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New ATSLab paper on air freight data

The lack of data available on air freight is a key barrier to incorporating freight into aviation policy modelling, so we have been looking as part of the ATSlab's ToZCA project at how this can be overcome. By combining global and regional data sources, including...

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Hon. Prof. Brian Pearce in slot reform webinar

Hon. Professor Brian Pearce debated, with Dan Elliot of Frontier Economics, the economic issues around the proposed reform in the UK of the way in which airport take-off and landing slots at congested airports are allocated. This webinar was one of a series produced...

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New book by Hon. Prof. Brian Pearce

Honorary Professor Brian Pearce has recently co-authored Air Transport Economics: From Theory to Applications, published by Routledge. Aimed as a textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of the aviation industry, this fourth edition has been extensively...

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TRB presentations now online!

ATSlab presenters showcased two studies at TRB this year: Dr Yagmur Gök presented a poster on the effect of airline business model on projected new technology uptake, and Dr. Khan Doyme presented research on how airline competition modelling can be used to estimate...

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ATSlab presents at Bauhaus Luftfahrt symposium in Berlin

Dr. Lynnette Dray gave an invited presentation on "The Role of Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Liquid Hydrogen in the Path towards Climate Neutrality" at Bauhaus Luftfahrt's symposium on climate-neutral aviation in Berlin on the 12-13th March. See our publications page...

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Dr Lynnette Dray interviewed on Outside/In podcast

The latest issue of NPR's Outside/In podcast, Do airports dream of electric planes, includes an interview with the ATSlab's Dr. Lynnette Dray on aviation emissions and electric aircraft. Available to listen to for free here:...

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ATSLab ATRS 2023 presentations now online

After a successful ATRS, we're pleased to add two new presentations to our online library of ATSlab publications: "Modeling Consumer Preferences for Low-CO2 Emissions Aircraft in China" (Li et al, presentation here) and "Global air freight flow data for aviation...

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ATSlab research presented to the US Federal Aviation Authority

Dr. Lynnette Dray presented on recent UCL ATSlab, MIT and Imperial College research on aviation pathways to net zero at the US Federal Aviation Authority's New and Emerging Aviation Technologies seminar series on June 28th. See our publications page or click here for...

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Look out for two ATSlab talks at ATRS 2023!

ATSlab members are presenting two talks on new research at ATRS 2023 in Kobe. PhD student Peggy Li is presenting on her survey work on passenger acceptance of alternative fuel aircraft in China on Saturday July 1, and Dr. Lynnette Dray is presenting on work for the...

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ATSlab participation at IATA Aviation Energy Forum

On 16 May 2023, Prof. Andreas W. Schäfer gave a plenary talk at the IATA Aviation Energy Forum in Seattle, USA.  His talk, titled "Energy Requirements for the Energy Transition" included recent ATSlab modelling outcomes on the energy infrastructure implications of...

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ABM Open Source v1.0

The first open source version of the Airline Behaviour Model (ABM) is now available. Find it here: ABM Open Source v1.0

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