Question 27944 — air transport

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Mr. Pierre Cabaré questions the Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition on the aid that the French State could provide to research and development undertaken by engine and aircraft manufacturers to move as quickly as possible towards transport aviation using low-carbon energies. At this stage, despite constant efforts which have made it possible to reduce CO2 emissions generated by air transport by 80 in 60 years. %, and 2% on average each year between 2000 and 2017, these are increasing each year (+3%) due to more and more planes, although lower than the increase in the number of passengers (+5%), which today represents, according to IATA, 3% of global emissions due to human activity. All air transport players are mobilized to guarantee carbon-neutral growth from next year, with objective of a 50% reduction by 2050, which means research and innovation efforts relating to operational procedures, optimization of the ground processing chain, aircraft and the energies used. Manufacturers like air carriers are in a state of permanent research. Air traffic is expected to triple by 2050, so it has an obligation to meet its targets, but it also needs help to abandon fossil fuels. Of course, organic kerosene twice as expensive is just a short intermediate step. Research into the electrification of transportation is therefore part of the collective effort to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, with hydrogen being the most abundant clean energy source in the universe. Much remains to be invented, whether it is a hybrid or electric aircraft. If a dozen start-ups are already working on “hybrid” or “carbon-free” aircraft, mass air transport must be offered solutions as quickly as possible while avoiding amplifying the rate of global warming as much as possible. He asks him to what extent we can stop subsidizing fossil fuels at European level.

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