Implications of Climate Change for Air Transport Sector

With demand for air travel continuing to rise, its
climate impacts are expected to increase dramatically
and will be of continuing concern to decision makers.
There is also a need to better understand the ways a
changing climate may impact on air transport, both
operationally and economically. This will influence
safety, efficiency and future environmental impacts
and is important in the development of mitigation
policies. This book investigates a new angle, the
implications of climate change for the UK aviation
sector, with an aim to understand the impacts of
changes in weather-related delays and severe weather
events, using a case study of London s Heathrow
airport. Additionally, this work explores how sector
response to extreme weather events and changing
climate conditions could influence the climate impact
of air transport.

Autorentext

Tamara Pejovic, PhD, MSc, BSc: Studied Air Transport at ImperialCollege London. Tamara is highly experiences in theenvironmental impact assessment research and modelling and hasoperational experience gained through work in an airline and atthe airport. Tamara is currently working as a technicalconsultant in an UK-based aviation consultancy.

Klappentext

With demand for air travel continuing to rise, itsclimate impacts are expected to increase dramaticallyand will be of continuing concern to decision makers.There is also a need to better understand the ways achanging climate may impact on air transport, bothoperationally and economically. This will influencesafety, efficiency and future environmental impactsand is important in the development of mitigationpolicies. This book investigates a new angle, theimplications of climate change for the UK aviationsector, with an aim to understand the impacts ofchanges in weather-related delays and severe weatherevents, using a case study of London's Heathrowairport. Additionally, this work explores how sectorresponse to extreme weather events and changingclimate conditions could influence the climate impactof air transport.