Bombardier is not just defining luxury in business jets but also working on aircraft development to make the jets more environmental friendly

Despite the fact that civil aviation generates less than 2 per cent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, airline manufacturers have focused attention towards a global vision for carbon-neutral growth. Bombardier, a world leader in aircraft manufacturing is in the forefront of such development—it is not just defining luxury in business jets but also working on aircraft development to make the jets more environmental friendly.

Guy C. Hachey, President and Chief Operating Officer, Bombardier Aerospace, said, “We are duty-bound to build on the aviation industry’s significant progress till date—a 70 per cent improvement in aircraft fuel efficiency over the past 40 years. In years to come, our new and more fuel-efficient CSeries and Learjet 85 aircraft will help our customers meet more stringent targets. In terms of economic measures to mitigate the impact of emissions, we are leading the way with our Carbon Offset Programme for business aircraft and Flexjet customers. Optimising aviation’s infrastructure and uncovering more efficient ways of operating aircraft are also among our priorities.”

Giving a further perspective on that, Nilesh Pattanayak, Managing Director, South Asia, said, “We’ve implemented the design for environment engineering in new product development. We also integrated the use of composites technology with our new Learjet 85 business jet, made of composite materials, which is scheduled for entry into service in 2013. These initiatives aim at reducing the impact of our products on the environment.”