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ATSLab members will be presenting on exciting new work at two upcoming conferences: the US Transportation Research Board (TRB) conference in Washington in January, and the European Aviation Conference (EAC) in Luxembourg in December. At TRB, we will be showcasing our...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

Prof. Andreas W. Schäfer participated in the Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything podcast on “Greener Planes Are Taking Flight That Could Change How We Travel.” Other participants included industry leaders Paul Eremenko (Universal Hydrogen), Kyle Clark (Beta...

The ATSlab Aviation Integrated Model (AIM) forms a key part of the new IATA net zero roadmaps, available from IATA's website here.

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...

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

On 2 February 2023, the ATSlab hosted a one-day workshop in Central London on how aviation can transition towards net-zero climate impacts. The event, which was co-organized with Norway’s leading climate science institute “Center for International Climate Research”...

Prof Andreas W. Schäfer spoke to MIT Technology Review on the prospects of using hydrogen as an aircraft fuel. Link to the published article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/19/1067113/hydrogen-planes-test-flight/

Prof Andreas W. Schäfer spoke to the New York Times on the challenges of reducing aviation's climate impact. Link to the published article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/travel/airlines-climate-change-fuel.html

Applications are now open for a fully funded DTP PhD studentship in the ATSlab (deadline January 26th)! See here for more details. We're looking for someone to work on how the choices of different types of air passenger affect airline decarbonisation decisions and...

On 30 November 2022, Prof. Andreas W. Schäfer gave a seminar on "Managing the Transition to a Net Zero-Carbon Aviation System" as part of the WTW Aerospace Roundtable at Willis Towers Watson in London.

On 29 November, Prof. Andreas W. Schäfer gave a talk titled 'Total Energy Required – Kjoules per passenger Km for all modes and where will it come from?' at the Royal Aeronautical Society Conference 'A Bright Future or Fighting for Survival – Where will Aerospace be...

The final reports of the NAPKIN project are out now - see here. NAPKIN was a Future Flight Programme funded collaboration between a range of UK airports, manufacturers and universities, looking at the scope for small hydrogen aircraft to help the UK reach it's...

We have a new paper out today in Nature Climate Change in collaboration with MIT and Imperial College, looking at how we can move towards a net zero climate impact global aviation system by 2050, and the costs and emissions trajectories associated with such...

On 22 September, Prof. Andreas Schäfer gave a talk titled 'Challenges and Cost-effective Transition towards a net Zero-Carbon Aviation System' at the WTW Airport Conference from 21-23 September 2022 in Cascais, Portugal.

On 21 September, Prof. Andreas Schäfer gave a talk titled 'Towards Net Zero: Cost and Emissions Pathways to 2050' at the Royal Aeronautical Society Conference 'The Non-CO2 Climate Effects of Aviation' from 20-21 September 2022 in London.

Prof Andreas W. Schäfer spoke to MIT Technology Review on the challenges of electrifying air transportation. Link to the published article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/17/1058013/electric-planes-taking-off-challenges/