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How can modelling and data analysis best support government and industry decisions towards aviation net zero in an uncertain world? It's a topic we've been thinking about a lot of late. Dr. Lynnette Dray was able to share some of our thinking on a panel on data-driven...

ATSlab's Prof. Andreas W. Schäfer delivered a keynote address at the 6th Symposium on Aviation Research at the University of Bari, 20-21 March 2025.  In his presentation "Towards net-zero carbon aviation", he presented most recent ATSlab modelling results on the...

Dr. Lynnette Dray was interviewed by the London Evening Standard for their Tech & Science Daily podcast about the impact of the Heathrow Airport closure on global aviation systems - listen to the podcast here.

The UCL ATSLab is a partner in two new NERC-funded projects to study aviation's non-CO2 impacts. MAGICA, led by the University of Leeds, aims to reduce the uncertainty in climate impacts from contrails and aerosol-cloud interactions, using current and future gridded...

ATSlab's Prof. Andreas W. Schäfer was quoted in a feature article on "Greener skies? The quest for sustainable flying" in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The article describes the challenges of eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from the...

ATSLab’s Professor Brian Pearce was asked to give evidence to the Transport Select Committee on the Government’s recent proposal to go ahead with building a third runway at Heathrow Airport, including its impact on economic growth and the NetZero target.  The...

ATSLab’s Professor Brian Pearce has been appointed as a member of the Civil Aviation Authority’s Sustainability Panel. See more on the panel and its role here.

Following Rachel Reeves' announcement about London airport expansion, Dr. Lynnette Dray was interviewed on ITV London about the potential consequences of adding capacity at Heathrow.

Last week, the ATSLab's Boning Yang presented his recent work on airport competition at the European Aviation Conference in Antwerp - see here and on our publications page for his poster. Next week, watch out for two presentations with ATSLab involvement at the 2024...

On 2 December, ATSlab's Prof. Andreas W. Schäfer presented at the IMPACT Aviation Stocktake Forum, WTW London, on "The emissions challenge". This two-day event consisted of presentations, expert panels, and roundtable discussions with representatives from the...

The ATSlab's Dr. Lynnette Dray was interviewed by National Geographic for an article on private jet emissions - read it here.

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...

Peggy Li presented on her modelling of airline and passenger responses to new aircraft technology availability in China at the ATRS conference last week - see our publications page for the full presentation.

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...

IATA's new comparison of net zero roadmaps, a study which was carried out in collaboration with the UCL ATSLab and other major producers of aviation net zero roadmaps, has just been released - see IATA's website for details and the report. As well as the ATSLab...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Brian Pearce, who was awarded a Honorary Professorship at UCL, has joined the ATSlab as its Executive Director.  In this role, Brian will contribute to ATSlab research and manage the laboratory’s stakeholder relationships.  Brian brings a wealth of aviation industry...