Lecture 6D: Sustainable Air Traffic Management and Control

With sustainability aspects for airlines explained, it is now time to look at another big player in the aircraft operations world: air traffic management. This large sector (which encompasses air traffic control) is looking into incorporating sustainability in a number of ways.

In this lecture, Jacco Hoekstra will explain how humans use the air traffic management system and how to change it. Additionally, multiple sustainable methods for sustainable flight in terms of air traffic management are discussed. Did you know, for example, that an aircraft does not continually climb?