![]() ![]() So I was feeling that maybe there's a theme emerging that where governments can play best in all of this is to put the enabling infrastructure in and let industry layer on top of it what it wants competitively, but for government to say, "Okay, we're going to enable this energy transition. But airports are also transportation hubs, there's trucks coming in, there's all the people who drive there, et cetera. They need the airports to be able to refuel hydrogen airplanes. They need the airports to be able to charge the aircraft. They need the airports to become energy hubs. ![]() So, what struck me was I saw across all of the sectors that they're talking about, whether it's short range, EVTOLs for electric, air taxis, all the way up to Airbus and its hydrogen short-haul airplane plans, this kind of common theme that they need government support to deploy this technology.Īnd it just struck me that when you had all these people in a room talking about these different sectors of innovation and new propulsion, there was sort of common needs. There was also a lot of discussion about electric and hydrogen, where that would play, and a lot of talk about the infrastructure requirements to support that transition to a different form of energy or a different form of propulsion. Can we bring innovation? Can Montreal cluster play a role in bringing this to fruition? So fundamentally the kind of approach that was taken was that they see it as a bit of an innovation challenge. They painted a pretty challenging picture of what's needed to scale up SAF. So I lost count of the number of times that they mentioned SAF over the two days that we were there. ![]() A couple of my key takeaways were: There could be slower growth in air transport, and there's going to need to be a so-called SAF Marshall plan to get these enormous quantities of sustainable aviation fuel that's going to be needed to get to net-zero. Graham and Michael join me on this podcast to talk about what we heard - and what we think about it. I was at Aero Montreal this week, along with Graham Warwick, Aviation Week's chief technology editor, and Michael Bruno, our lead business editor. The commercial aviation and business aviation industries have both committed to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, and the daunting question of how that ambitious target can be met was front and center at this week's Aero Montreal International Aerospace Innovation Forum in Montreal, Canada. I'm Joe Anselmo, Aviation Week's editorial director. Welcome to this week's edition of the Check 6 podcast. As the aerospace industry gathers in Montreal, the challenges of getting to net-zero are laid bare.ĭon't miss a single episode. Subscribe to Aviation Week's Check 6 podcast in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon, Audible and Spotify.ĭiscover all of Aviation Week Network's podcasts on our Apple Podcasts channel or /podcasts. ![]()
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