A Step Forward Or Back In Aviation’s Efforts To Tackle Climate Change?

TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM ET that features research from the Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)'s Synthesis 85: Alternative Fuels in Airport Fleets and Synthesis 89: Clean Vehicles, Fuels, and Practices for Airport Private Ground Transportation Providers. The research from these two companion syntheses may help airport operators make smart choices for alternative fuels and clean vehicle policies at airports.

Securitisation can be viewed as a financing tool or a mechanism for selling aircraft lease portfolios. Since the 1990s aircraft asset-backed securitisation has become a common financial practice. While securitisation has thrived in the US and Europe, securitisation market for Asian issuers has been underdeveloped until the first Asian aircraft securitisation took place in 2015.

This ACC on-demand webinar will: (1) review the collective cargo experience of U.S. airports since the most common peak year (calendar year 2000) and discuss causes of the massive decreases that occurred in many markets; (2) discuss the composition of U.S. cargo airports, in terms of FedEx and UPS hubs, international gateways and feeder markets; (3) discuss the recent and ongoing impacts of e-Commerce generally and specifically with regards to the development of the Amazon network.

More than ever, the aviation world is facing a huge challenge with the global pilot shortage more on our blog here. An efficient training is consequently needed in order for pilots to perform in an ever crowdier sky and keep the sky safe. Now, what better way to learn than to observe one’s own performances and analyze them to improve constantly? Flight debrief can become a key element of learning provided that it is objective and gives back the reality of the flight. Enhancing pilots’ performances means less risks for take-off, landing and during the flight.