European aviation leaders welcome sustainability declaration

Aviation giants Airbus, Air France-KLM, ATR, Dassault Aviation, Groupe ADP, Safran and Thales have released a joint statement welcoming the decarbonisation declaration made today in Toulouse by the European Commission and EU member states under the French EU presidency.

The companies say they all welcome the commitments to work with the European aviation industry to achieve the decarbonisation of the sector by 2050 and say they will continue to invest in the maturation, development and implementation of decarbonisation technologies such as next-generation aircraft and engines, sustainable aviation fuels and synthetic fuels.

The joint statement also urges the European Commission to launch industrial alliances critical to align the entire ecosystem around the joint ambition – including the Renewable and Low-Carbon Fuels Value Chain Industrial Alliance, the Alliance for Zero Emission Aviation and the European Raw Materials Alliance – and calls for the commitments taken by the European Union to be adopted globally to accelerate the decarbonisation of the industry around the world.