摘要: |
Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has been a focus area of the scientific
community for the past several years. Specifically, the aviation industry has set goals
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, providing a sustainable transportation
mechanism with minimal impacts on the environment. This reduction must be
accomplished through several means, including advanced technology, sustainable
propulsion, efficient air traffic management, and improved operations. A potential
solution for improving operations in an efficient air traffic management system is
the Traffic Aware Strategic Aircrew Requests (TASAR) concept. The TASAR concept
applies onboard automation for the purpose of advising the pilot of route
modifications that would be beneficial to the flight, leading to a decrease in direct
operating costs through fuel burn reduction and shorter flight times. This report
discusses analyses that provide an estimate of the potential environmental benefits
that result from the application of the TASAR concept. The data used for this benefits
assessment was gathered during an operational evaluation on revenue flights with
an airline partner between July 2018 and April 2019. The analyses in this report
determined that there are impactful potential environmental benefits to be realized
using the TASAR concept. |