Etihad, Satavia sign agreement to deliver contrail management, future carbon credits

Etihad, Satavia sign agreement to deliver contrail management, future carbon credits

ABU DHABI, 18th January, 2023 (WAM) -- Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, has signed a ground-breaking contrail management contract with SATAVIA, a leading UK-based green aerospace firm.

The partnership will build on a previous proof-of-concept engagement to expand the scope for contrail management within day-to-day flight operations. The partnership also incorporates an agreement to collaborate on the generation of future carbon credits from contrail management activity.

The contract was signed by Etihad’s Head of Sustainability and Excellence Mariam Al Qubaisi, and SATAVIA CEO Dr. Adam Durant today at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) at ADNEC, Abu Dhabi.

Once in force, the new agreement will see Etihad scaling SATAVIA contrail prevention across daily flight schedules, accelerating the airline’s progress towards climate neutral operations.

Aircraft-generated condensation trails, or contrails, cause surface warming responsible for up to two-thirds of aviation’s climate impact, significantly outweighing direct CO2 emissions from aircraft engines. SATAVIA’s contrail management platform, DECISIONX:NETZERO, optimises commercial flight plans for greener operations, implementing small routing changes on a minority of flights to avoid the formation of persistent warming contrails.

Commenting on the agreement, Al Qubaisi said, “Our collaboration with SATAVIA illustrates the possibility of credible sustainability advances in day-to-day commercial operations. In