Embraer, Head of Sustainability, Commercial Aviation, Henrique Heidemann at CAPA’s Latin America Aviation & LCCs 2022 summit
Henrique Heidemann, head of sustainability, commercial aviation at Embraer spoke to CAPA TV on the sidelines of the CAPA Latin America Aviation & LCCs Summit 2022 in Salvador, Brazil. Hear views on the rising role of sustainability across the air transport sector and how Embraer is working to explore various paths to deliver a more-efficient airliner for the future.
Transcript
Henrique Heidemann:We know that all the industry is suffering a lot of pressure with sustainability, and we know that we have to peak the emissions in the next 2 to 3 years. And then it's important to count— And then it's important to count on every solution that we can to equip an aircraft which emits less CO2, which includes hybrid electric aircraft, battery aircraft, hydrogen aircraft in both forms that you can use hydrogen as a fuel cell generating electricity or in a gas turbine. So we are very confident that aviation will reach its targets towards net zero by 2050. Yes, we are living like the beginning of aviation. A lot of new OEMs, a lot of new Entrants in the market offering retrofit solutions. It's challenging. We think that from all those players that are in the market today, some will survive. Developing an aircraft and certifying it is something that requires a lot of skill. And the menu of possibilities is really broad. We have sustainable aviation fuel, we have hydrogen. We do believe at Embraer that both can coexist. We have a very big challenge in the next 30 years to decarbonise aviation, to reduce emissions in more than 80%. It has never been done in so short a period of time before. So we are in a position that we cannot afford to let any opportunity go. Yes, our new aircraft, for instance, the Jet2, can reduce up to 25% emissions when compared to its predecessor. Also, the new turboprop that we are going to offer in the upcoming years, entering into service between '27 and '28, it can reduce by all its life the CO2 emissions in 44 megatons. This is more than 3 billion trees alone. Yes, for sure, sustainability is the top agenda right now in aviation. I don't think that any OEM could survive without a strong portfolio of sustainable solutions. It's only that we have been doing a lot in the past. We called it efficiency, and right now we are calling sustainability. But the challenge is twice as difficult, at least, than it was before, for sure.
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