BANGKOK: In the months leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s aviation industry was facing some of its steepest environmental and ...
BANGKOK: In the months leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s aviation industry was facing some of its steepest environmental and ideological challenges. Damaging carbon emissions remained on the rise and “flight shaming”, driven by teenage activist Greta Thunberg, had travellers questioning the climate impacts of flying.
“Airlines could burn through US$61 billion of cash reserves in the second quarter alone. That puts at risk 25 million jobs dependent on aviation. And without urgent relief, many airlines will not survive to lead the economic recovery,” Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director General and CEO said in a press statement.
Amended guidelines will be implemented for emission baseline targets under IATA’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation , a global carbon pricing instrument that will begin in 2021. But according to IATA’s Director of Aviation Environment, Michael Gill, the extraordinary circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic means 2020’s count will no longer be included, meaning 2019 emissions data will be solely relied upon going forward.
There are industry projections for a surge in demand. There is room for expanded use, with market penetration of biofuels currently at less than 1 per cent. He believes that many airlines will be forced to delay the purchases of new aircraft, but will be keen to modernise as soon as it is economically viable.
Singapore Airlines has only ten of its aircraft currently operating out of a fleet of approximately 200 and the group recorded a 60.4 per cent decline in passenger carriage in March. It has adapted maintaining and upgrading its modern fleet as a key way to minimise its environmental footprint. Climate change awareness and new ways of remotely communicating and working - forced upon communities and workplaces during the lockdown periods - may change travel patterns forever.
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