SESSYS (Single European Sky SYStems)

Preamble The structural weaknesses of a fragmented European Air Traffic Management (ATM) system are widely recognised and the subject of decades of political efforts by the European Commission to find a solution. The latest proposal of SES regulations, aimed at...

Philosophy and human motivations for space exploration

Preamble This document is the synthesis of a seminar organized on June 23, 2022 by the Academy of Air and Space (AAE), in the framework of the preparation of a symposium on “Space Exploration” planned for May 10-12, 2023 in Turin. With the aim of debating the...

Acting for sustainable Air transport

This text, in its current state, is not an official document of the Air and Space Academy. It was written, on a provisional basis, by several members of the AAE Energy-Environment commission who, in view of the very active political and industrial context on the...

Air transport: perceptions and realities

This document was written by Éric Dautriat, Philippe Forestier, Philippe Fonta, Jean-Marc Garot and Alain Joselzon, members of the Energy and Environment Commission (C2E) of the Air and Space Academy. The first describes how air transport is included in international...

Will “sobriety” prevail in air travel – and in what form?

This article, written as part of the “Energy and Environment” Commission of the Air and Space Academy, is not an official document of the Academy, but the result of a joint drafting coordinated by Éric Dautriat with the contribution and agreement of the...