A SCARIFYING environmental report saying airlines would contribute to "global warming" in line with UN's worst case scenario has been withdrawn from publication as "misleading" by an aviation conference in Barcelona, reported London's BusinessGreen magazine.
The environmental impact of aviation is increasing faster than predicted, according to the controversial study done by "representatives" of US Department of Transport, European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol, Manchester Metropolitan University and technology company QinetiQ.
But a Eurocontrol spokeswoman disowned the document, saying that its failure to take account of future technological improvements meant that the "figures put forward are misleading".
It was submitted at the Air Traffic Management R&D seminar in Barcelona last year hosted by Eurocontrol and the US Federal Aviation Authority, the magazine said.
But the report was then removed from the conference website. A spokesman for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) also said the study failed to include potential improvements in technology and air traffic management that would cut emissions.
The report, "Trends in Global Noise and Emissions from Commercial Aviation" for 2000 through 2025, warns total emissions from the global aviation sector will rise from 572 million tonnes in 2000 to between 1.2 billion and 1.4 billion tonnes by 2025.
The projections, which are based on official government figures on flights frequencies and computer modelling, are in line with the worst case scenario from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Jeff Gazzard, a director of the Aviation Environment Federation lobby, said the study had been "suppressed" adding that projections in the report appeared "largely accurate".
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Source: schednet
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