On the wake of rising pollution and increasing threat of mounting green house gases, plane makers have agreed to work closely on producing environmentally friendly planes.
Airbus pledged that by 2020, all of its new aircrafts will produce 50 percent less carbon dioxide and 80 percent less nitrogen oxides than in 2000. Whereas Boeing asserts that real progress is the responsibility of jet-engine makers, rather than plane builders.
The CEO of Boeing’s commercial plane unit, Scott Carson said,
The questions you ask are more appropriately addressed by the engine guys than the airframe guys, but taking equal responsibility we’re pushing the engine guys as hard as anyone else
Boeing, along with other manufacturers and airlines, has come under the spotlight recently over the question of emissions and fuel efficiency. The issue is set to play a larger role than ever at the biannual Paris Air Show, which starts today and Carson’s comments are a direct wake-up call to the world’s leading jet engine makers, Rolls-Royce Plc and Pratt & Whitney.
Boeing approved rival airbus’s suggestion to work together on the burning issue like mounting pollution and asserts that by working together airplane makers can “put pressure on the engine manufacturers” to incorporate new technologies into the engines. But also suggested that the call for attention is good, but the green issues were best handled by industry-wide bodies, the International Civil Aviation Organization and the International Air Transport Association.
Boeing reclaimed the title of the world’s biggest-selling plane maker last year from Airbus, partly through strong sales of its new lightweight, fuel efficient 787 Dreamliner.
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Via: Guardian
