Augustin de Romanet invited to be more reasonable in the air journey as long as the sector has not been at the end of its decarbonation process, which could take twenty to thirty years.
Le Monde with AFP
Augustin de Romanet calls it a transition period. The CEO of Groupe ADP (ex-Aeroports de Paris), manager of the Parisian airports in Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, Orly and du Bourget, estimated, Monday September 19 on BFM Business , that you should” be as reasonable as possible in its behaviors “in the air journey for the twenty or thirty years that arrive.
According to him, “before we have – which will be the case in 30 years – planes powered either to electricity or to hydrogen or with lasting fuels made from green electricity “, You will have to be moderation in terms of the use of the plane.
“If tomorrow morning air traffic should decrease, it is not an existential tragedy for us,” he said, adding that the supply of a quality reception was the priority of a group like Adp.
“awareness”
However, it should not be forgotten that “in the long term, it is air transport that will be the least emitting system of co 2 “, said the CEO. According to his reasoning, “the infrastructure of the plane is the air” and if “you analyze the quantity of co 2 sub> emitted to make railways, ballast, ballast, ballast, ballast, ballast, ballast etc., you know that in the long term, air transport is extremely virtuous, “he insisted in a comparison with the rail sector.
Augustin de Romanet says he anticipates “a continuation of the extraordinary request for a travel in emerging countries”, which will still be “very strong”, but “for countries which have already benefited from the very strong growth in air traffic , “privileged” countries like ours, it is not unreasonable to accept a certain moderation “.
Faced with the growing demand for limiting air traffic to combat global warming, the boss of ADP will never put himself in “those who want to have more responsible behavior,” he said.
He also underlined the awareness that has struck the industry since 2019 with now “airlines who are calling for corners of energy from aerodurable fuel production, as well as methods to make the ecopilotage “.