A|D|S has published a new report for the political party conference season aiming to demonstrate to both public and politicians, the economically and environmentally sustainable future offered by the UK's aerospace industry.
The report will be unveiled at civil aerospace party conference fringes starting today at the Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham.
“This new report sets out how the UK's aerospace industry will deliver a valuable, sustainable long-term future for the UK both environmentally and economically,” stated Graham Chisnall, managing director, aerospace and operations of A|D|S. “We have to engage with the public to demonstrate how one of the few world-class industries that we have left can deliver on society's priorities for economic growth but not at the expense of the environment. Over the next three weeks during the party conference season we will also be engaging directly with politicians and political activists before establishing a regular programme of Parliamentary briefings and nationwide visits for MPs to aerospace businesses in their constituencies.”
The report finds that the UK's position as number one in Europe, second only to the US worldwide with a 17% global market share, is worth an estimate £352 billion to 2029. The industry employs 100,000 people directly and supports 360,000 jobs in total. Furthermore, the report shows that the sector has already delivered aircraft that produce 70% less CO2 emissions than their equivalent from 50 years ago and 75% less noise nuisance than 30 years ago.
The wider UK aviation sector (aerospace manufacturers, airlines, airports and air traffic managers) has also come together as Sustainable Aviation to demonstrate how the use of new technology and operations can deliver CO2 emissions in 2050 that are below the level from 2000 despite a forecasted trebling of passenger numbers over that time. This ‘CO2 Roadmap' from Sustainable Aviation also features in the report.
