Assessment of Clean Sky 2 finds programme is on track to meet its key objectives

25 May, 2021

Clean Sky reported (21-May-2021) a global assessment of the Clean Sky 2 programme shows it is "well on the way to achieving its objectives", relating to the environmental benefits for aviation as well as its socio-economic impact on the aeronautical sector at large. The assessment found that applying Clean Sky 2 technologies to commercial aircraft would lead to an overall reduction of CO2 and NOx emissions of 14%-15% overall and 29%-31% per seat kilometre by 2050. The study found Clean Sky 2 was also on track with its key objective of:

  • Increasing aircraft fuel efficiency, thus reducing CO2 emissions, by 20% to 30% compared to 'state-of-the-art' aircraft entering into service from 2014;
  • Reducing aircraft NOx and noise emissions by 20% to 30% compared to 'state-of-the-art' aircraft entering into service from 2014. [more - original PR]