Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
1 st International Conference on Sustainable Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Rethimnon, Yunanistan, 31 Ağustos - 04 Eylül 2022, ss.202-203
Introduction
Civil
aviation is defined as all aviation activities carried out for non-military
purposes, such as private, sporting, or commercial. This sector has proliferated
since the late 1940s globally (Addepalli et al., 2018). However, this rapid growth causes environmental
degradation and brings sustainable aviation practices into the national green transition
agendas ( Planès
et al, 2021). This paper examines the concept of sustainability in civil
aviation by (i) describing the historical background of international civil
aviation (in the world and in Turkey) ii) reviewing the literature on
sustainability in civil aviation (emphasis on international aviation organizations
designing sustainable aviation policies, i.e. ICAO) iii) elaborating the case
of Air France-KLM as a best practice example (Air France-KLM, 2022). This paper
evaluates the relevant breakthroughs of the global civil aviation industry, the
goals of international authorities, and Turkey's approach to providing suggestions
for harmonizing the Turkish civil aviation industry with the globe. In the
literature, it is seen that solutions to sustainability problems are mostly
sought by referring to technological developments. This study states that;
integrative approaches by the sectoral and policy actors need to be produced to
achieve effective results in sustainable aviation. For this purpose, we made a
comprehensive literature review and content analysis of the relevant documents
and reports to have a snapshot of sustainable aviation practices by analyzing
the related international and national policy documents for sustainable
aviation such as BM ICAO CORSIA and EU Green Deal (EC, 2022). Then, Air France
KLM Example is elaborated to derive the lessons learned for improving the sustainable
aviation practices in Turkey.
Materials
and methods
We
made a comprehensive literature review and content analysis of the secondary
sources of policies, regulations, and reports. The aim is to examine the
application areas of the sustainable aviation concept, the targets and policies
envisaged by the international civil aviation authorities through literature
review and desk research on related documents.
Results
and discussion
The
sector in Turkey is particularly successful in following the latest
technologies and is enthusiastic about catching international trends. This
success is mostly realized under the leadership of the private sector in order
to increase their international competitiveness. The shortcomings focus on
national legislation, incentives, and obligations, lack of resources, and
environmental awareness. Sustainability policies in the sector are formed as a
result of the effects of international obligations, competition, and related parties
(stakeholders). The sector has a multi-actor structure and cooperation between
actors is present and necessary. However, cooperation on sustainability issues
needs to be increased.
Conclusions
It
has been determined that the studies in the literature on sustainable aviation
mostly progress on greenhouse gas emissions and noise pollution and offer
solutions through developments such as fuel savings or new generation aircraft
technology. However, these developments and suggestions cannot serve the targeted
and needed sustainability purpose alone. This study draws attention to the
inadequacy of reducing the approach to sustainable aviation to sectoral
developments, that realistic and tangible solutions to the issue are only
possible with a network chain which requires policymakers, institutions and
organizations in the sector, civil actors and even non-sector actors to act
together with a comprehensive and integrated approach.
Acknowledgements:
This study is derived from
an N. Ümran Temel’s unpublished MSc. Thesis entitled “Evaluation of Turkey's
Civil Aviation Policy within the Scope of the Global Sustainable Aviation” From
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Marmara University/ Turkey.
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