ALTA has offered that this could manufacture a “regional roadmap for Latin The united states and the Caribbean” in repeat to make stronger a sustainable transition within the aviation sector, taking into fable the alternatives and realities of the realm.
Why a roadmap?
ALTA’s purpose is for this roadmap to detail how Latin American aviation can catch a sustainable transition in line with the realm’s doable, pondering the importance of civil aviation in its rising economies.
The roadmap will encompass two significant parts:
- From a regional perspective, detail the significant pathways, enabling instances, policy choices and frameworks wanted to catch a sustainable aviation sector.
- Explore choices for regional cooperation and integration of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and carbon markets, which could perchance decrease the impact of decarbonization measures on aviation growth within the realm.
The Total Assembly of ALTA, which represents 27 of Latin The united states and the Caribbean’s main airways and shut to 90% of the realm’s passenger web site visitors, agreed to fund the pattern of an proof-primarily based entirely regional roadmap with the make stronger of a number one tutorial establishment and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Recognizing the importance of public-private collaboration, ALTA also invited the Latin American Civil Aviation Price (CLAC) to make stronger the initiative in coordination with the civil aviation authorities of the realm.
“Climate alternate is one in every of the largest challenges we face as a sector, in particular in rising regions of the enviornment, as a consequence of the costs titillating. Latin The united states needs to rob excellent thing referring to the alternatives readily available to transfer in direction of a sustainable transition with out compromising entry to air walk and connectivity. Doubtlessly the most challenging manner to cease here is to manufacture the realm’s agree with path,” said José Ricardo Botelho, Executive Director and CEO of ALTA.
“An proof-primarily based entirely roadmap no longer handiest reiterates our dedication as a sector to work in direction of a sustainable transition, nonetheless would possibly even present guidance for all actors in Latin The united states and the Caribbean in line with their advantages and boundaries. With the make stronger of governments, this initiative has the ability to make stronger the sustainable growth of a sector that performs an mandatory public carrier in connecting the realm,” said Roberto Alvo, newly elected President of the Executive Committee of ALTA.
Per knowledge from the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Trade), aviation contributed roughly 2% to some of% of the worldwide carbon footprint between 2013 and 2023. Within that footprint, domestic flights in Latin The united states and the Caribbean, alongside with worldwide departures from the realm, accounted for 4.8% of aviation emissions. By comparability, the majority (83.4%) of worldwide aviation emissions originated from flights working inner and from North The united states, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific enviornment. Region-explicit techniques that take care of sustainability whereas conserving air transport accessible and competitive are required to proceed contributing to the growth of the realm’s rising economies.
