Transport: Air
Dr.hc.Violeta Bulc
Curator of Ecocivilisation, Board Member @ Europe - Asia Center | Global Chair for G100, Former Commissioner, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia, entrepreneur, innovator, engineer, traveler through space and time
As part of my vision for the Transport Union #air #transport was one of the key modes of transport. As the mandate of the Juncker Commission is ending I am providing some insight in things done during my time as Commissioner for Transport.
KEY RESULTS
- AVIATION STRATEGY FOR EUROPE: milestone initiative to generate growth for European business, foster innovation and let passengers profit from safer, cleaner and cheaper flights, while offering more connections.
- VISION 0: zero pollution and emissions from transport by 2050.
- LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT: global emissions reductions for aviation agreed within ICAO.
- SAFETY AND PASSENGER RIGHTS
- A GENDER-BALANCED SECTOR: Women in Transport – EU Platform for change launched.
- DECOUPLING & VERTICAL INTEGRATION, WITHOUT MONOPOLIES: we mandated access to certain key data, made progress on standardisation and interoperability (new aviation architecture, U-Space for drones and flying cars).
- DRONES: Legal framework in place to keep drone flights safe, secure and green. Funding for tests: €10 million for demonstrator projects, €500 000 for geo-fencing.
- R&I TRANSPORT INVESTMENTS: €6.3 billion from Horizon 2020, €1.6 billion from InnovFin. ELENA-transport gives technical assistance for innovative investments: six transport projects received €12.4m but leveraged €511m.
- NEW MFF: 27% increase for Horizon Europe (€97.6 billion); €15 billion for cluster ‘Climate, energy, mobility’. Mission-based approach and new European Innovation Council to promote breakthrough innovation and scale-up innovative start-ups.
- KEY LEGISLATION: New EASA Basic Regulation, new regulation to safeguard competition in air transport, two new regulations on the safe use of small drones, implementing rules for drones.
1. Why EU support for aviation?
Air connections provide a physical connection between Europe and the rest of the world. Connectivity promotes mutual understanding, which leads to closer cooperation. Aviation also plays a key role in the EU’s trade with the rest of the world.
Since the Aviation Strategy was designed, air traffic has risen by 20%, making capacity a key focus of EU action on aviation, alongside environmental concerns and connectivity. But the industry is experiencing a historic high, with collective net profits amounting to €606 billion in 2018, and similar results expected for 2019.
2. Aviation agreements – what have we done?
- Concluded negotiations with Tunisia, Armenia and Qatar for EU-level Comprehensive Aviation Agreements
- Signed Bilateral Air Safety Agreement with China
- Concluded negotiations for an Bilateral Air Safety Agreement with Japan
3. Guidance documents – what have we done?
- Guidelines on air passenger rights
- Guidelines on ownership and control
- Guidelines on Public Service Obligations
- Best practices for minimum service levels in airspace management
- U-space blueprint
- New airspace architecture
4. Next steps
- Global single sky.
- U-Space implementation.
- New propulsion systems in aviation.
- Integrated ticketing; open APIs for digital aviation services.
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Thank you Commissioner Bulc for your important rol in building the right framework for the UAS industry and making Urban Air Mobilty possible in the (near) Future! #adw19 #uam #uas #uspace
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5 年Violeta, Your first and second point do not align! can not increase flights and have zero emission period regardless of the date , which never gets achieved, no one checks, and besides its NOT just the energy embodied in jet fuel BUT its energy and resources used to build planes, build new or upgrade airports etc ...and what for to push more money into the hands of the rich.
Senior Manager - Business Development Air Traffic Mgmt/Unmanned Traffic Mgmt at EUROCONTROL| Executive MBA
5 年Many thanks to Commissioner Bulc for her leadership to drive the U-space agenda forward. U-space is expected to digitally enable drone operations, who will bring efficiencies, reduce CO2 emissions and bring economic benefits.
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5 年To reply to Jure Henigsman; I recall this year at URBAN FUTURE Global Conference in Oslo, General Manager of Electrification at Airbus, Glenn Llewellyn was speaking of "electric-propulsion technologies [that] are disrupting the aeronautics industry" https://www.urban-future.org/speaker/glenn-llewellyn/ Until aircrafts are not electric, I would say that fast trains seem to be time/carbon compromise. But fast-trains need a lot more physical infrastructure.