Flight surgeons

摘要

The aviation industry, a major source of economic wealth around the world, has found itself at the centre of the environmental agenda. With aircraft relying on fossil fuels and further growth at airports that operate 24 hours a day, this expanding industry is becoming intrinsically linked with climate change and global warming, noise pollution and deteriorating air quality. The Aviation Environment Federation (AEF), a UK-based non-profit making association concerned with the environmental effects of aviation, has estimated that the world's commercial jet aircraft generate more than 700 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.