News item | 24-01-2023 | 5:15 pm
Lodewijk Asscher will be the new, independent chairman of the Sustainable Aviation Table (DLT). As the leader of this partnership, in which airports, airlines, knowledge institutions, fuel producers and the manufacturing industry are united, he will drive the sustainability of the aviation sector in the coming years.
Aviation must become more sustainable in the coming years. Concrete objectives have been set for this in the Sustainable Aviation Agreement of 2019. It is up to Lodewijk Asscher to realize these ambitions together with all partners of the DLT.
“Tackling climate change is a huge task facing the world, and aviation must also play its part. I would like to contribute to that”, says Lodewijk Asscher.
For example, work is being done on the development of short-haul electric aircraft, including in the Caribbean Netherlands. It is also the intention that ground operations at Dutch airports become emission-free by, for example, making aircraft taxiing electric, and the Netherlands aims to achieve 14% admixture of sustainable fuels by 2030.
The ambitions are greater for the longer term. Between 2030 and 2050, the Netherlands wants to make domestic flights fully electric, halve the emissions of international aviation compared to 2005 and produce synthetic kerosene (on a large scale). The year 2070 is the ultimate goal: then aviation must be completely emission-free, and the aim is to conduct all European flights electrically.