“To get there, community buy-in and partnerships are necessary.”
Industry leaders laid out their road plan toward net zero by 2025 on Thursday before the Aero Club of Washington, outlining an effort to rapidly expand the use of sustainable aviation fuel and introduce all-electric and hybrid (and ultimately hydrogen) aircraft.
But to get there, these ambitions need community-wide buy-in, partnerships, and multi-agency government collaborations, said members of a panel moderated by NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, which included Embraer Executive Jets president and CEO Michael Amalfitano, World Energy Supply Zero president Scott Lewis, and Billy Nolen, chief regulatory affairs officer at Archer and former acting FAA administrator.
“Business aviation is an incubator for game-changing technologies that point the way to a net-zero future,” Bolen said in opening the discussion. “We didn’t just announce that we were going to be net zero by 2050—we’ve made huge investments, and we’re moving forward on multiple pathways.”
Amalfitano agreed. “We are a big part of the ecosystem, not only for today but for the future of air travel and air mobility,” he said, explaining Embraer’s wide-ranging initiatives on the sustainability front…
But to get there, these ambitions need community-wide buy-in, partnerships, and multi-agency government collaborations, said members of a panel moderated by NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen, which included Embraer Executive Jets president and CEO Michael Amalfitano, World Energy Supply Zero president Scott Lewis, and Billy Nolen, chief regulatory affairs officer at Archer and former acting FAA administrator.
“Business aviation is an incubator for game-changing technologies that point the way to a net-zero future,” Bolen said in opening the discussion. “We didn’t just announce that we were going to be net zero by 2050—we’ve made huge investments, and we’re moving forward on multiple pathways.”
Amalfitano agreed. “We are a big part of the ecosystem, not only for today but for the future of air travel and air mobility,” he said, explaining Embraer’s wide-ranging initiatives on the sustainability front…
