But when a customer asks for the interior of a helicopter to be fully vegan, it turned out to be quite a challenge for the Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) design team. Analysts have termed the Airbus initiative as the airline industry’s response to COP26 (26th Conference of the Parties) Climate Summit, which was held in Glasgow early this month. According to the resolution during the IATA AGM in October, all airlines will target net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050, which puts the industry ahead of the majority of governments across the world. According to the International Energy Agency, aviation accounted for 2.8 per cent of global CO2 emissions in 2019. (Source: Airbus; FlightGlobal; IHS Markit).

Source: The Hindu November 28, 2021 21:35 UTC