The transport aviation fitness landscape:

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The transport aviation fitness landscape
Considering how different a new engine
architecture will be to the turbofan, it should
logically lead to a new airframe schema
The problem now facing manufacturers is that the
jump to the highest peak requires a massive
intellectual leap across a significant chasm,
especially considering the emotional and
professional commitment to the existing design -
few engineers or managers have worked on anything
else in their careers
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Next steps prioritising ACARE environmental goals
CO2
The ACARE environment challenge has set demanding
but achievable targets for 2020 The targets
conflict, so the industry must solve for CO2 first
100
75
50
25
0
Noise
NOX
ACARE 2020 Target

• easyJet believes it will possible to meet the
  following targets with the next generation
  short-haul aircraft with an entry into service in
  2015
• 50 lower CO2 emissions per passenger
• 75 lower NOx emissions
• 25 lower perceived noise
• This will be the first step change down the
  technology curve

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What the next short-haul aircraft might look like

• easyJet is not the only airline that is willing
  to think radical
• We were just the first to articulate our
  environmental requirements