바카라 사이트 commits funding to build back better and greener in our skies
Further funding announced to redesign the UK바카라 사이트檚 airspace to create quicker journeys and cut emissions.
- a further聽拢3.7 million聽has been聽made聽available聽to support airports in reducing journey times, pollution and flight delays
- the new funding, on top of 拢5.5 million聽in government investment announced last year, will drive forward progress in聽redesigning the UK바카라 사이트檚 바카라 사이트榤otorways in the sky바카라 사이트櫬燼nd will聽benefit passengers,聽airports and the communities surrounding them
- redesign聽will聽play an important role in聽the聽drive to聽reduce聽aviation聽emissions聽as part of the government바카라 사이트檚 commitment to reach net zero
Faster, quieter and greener journeys聽by air聽are one step closer today (21 January 2022) thanks to a further 拢3.7 million聽investment in聽redesigning the UK바카라 사이트檚 motorways in the sky, the government has confirmed.
The funding will support聽our programme聽to modernise the UK바카라 사이트檚 airspace聽for the first time since the 1950s, helping the aviation industry build back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and create a聽resilient,聽efficient聽airspace聽that is聽fit for聽the future.
It will support airports to develop new, more efficient flight routes that make use of聽modern聽technology,聽such as performance-based navigation, which will enable aircraft to fly more precise routes.
Today바카라 사이트檚聽拢3.7 million聽in聽new funding聽brings the total funding to 拢9.2 million, after an initial round of聽investment in March 2021, and is being provided on an exceptional basis while the sector recovers from the impacts of the pandemic.
Yesterday, Aviation Minister Robert Courts announced聽the聽funding聽boost from London City Airport,聽one of the聽airports to receive a share of the initial funding last year.
Aviation Minister Robert Courts said:
By redesigning our skies, we are creating a modern UK airspace that is fit for future generations and makes journeys quicker, quieter and greener.
This 拢3.7 million funding will support the industry聽in upgrading our airspace, allowing the聽aviation聽sector聽to聽continue to grow while we build back greener,聽cut carbon emissions聽and聽deliver on our ambitious plans to reach jet zero.
Mark Swan, Head of the Airspace Change Organising Group (ACOG), said:
The announcement of today바카라 사이트檚 funding enables the industry to move on confidently to the next stage of modernising the UK바카라 사이트檚 airspace.
This programme is a critical national infrastructure project for the UK and will deliver benefits across the country 바카라 사이트� from increasing efficiencies in the routes aircraft fly to supporting the industry to deliver its net zero targets.
With airspace not updated since the 1950s, it remains a programme that is long overdue.
Today바카라 사이트檚 additional funding maintains momentum behind the programme following its remobilisation and we look forward to our continued engagement with the government, CAA and airspace change sponsors in delivering airspace modernisation for the country.
The airport sponsors of the programme will resume responsibility for funding future stages, as the sector continues its recovery.
Britain바카라 사이트檚 airspace is made up of a complex network of flight paths that have seen little development since they were designed 70 years ago, despite a surge in demand on our airspace from commercial planes to private aircraft, the military and drones.
In recent years, this has led to increased flight delays, noise and pollution. Without action, our congested airspace could have meant that passengers would have seen 30-minute delays on 1 in 3 flights by 2030.
Redesigning our airspace聽will enable聽aircraft聽to fly more direct, precise routes, with faster climbs and a reduced need for holding patterns 바카라 사이트� cutting up to an approximate 600,000 tonnes of CO2 annually, according to early analysis.
Alongside moving to best-in-class aircraft and more efficient aviation operations, airspace modernisation could help to deliver up to 36% of CO2 savings by 2050.
Plans to modernise the UK바카라 사이트檚 airspace are just one of a number of聽measures that will make up the UK바카라 사이트檚 strategy to deliver net zero aviation by 2050, or jet zero, which is聽set to be published this year.
Today바카라 사이트檚 拢3.7 million in聽funding will support airports to continue progressing through the second stage of the airspace change process, which involves developing and evaluating potential designs for changes to our airspace.
In the next stage,聽airports will launch public consultations on their proposed airspace changes.
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