The EREA Vision on high priority research axes towards air transport system 2050

Abstract

Europe is writing the future of its air transport in the new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. In this open context of building the future of aviation, the research centres have a key role in providing their vision independently of any economic interest. Therefore, the association of the European Research Establishments in Aeronautics (EREA) is committed to provide to the European commission and to the aeronautical community in general its vision on the 2050 air transport system and its recommendations on high priority research axes to be funded in order to pave the way towards 2050. The study briefly presented here has investigated five interdependent technological domains identified as priority and common ones to any scenarios of the future: aircraft configurations, on-board sub-systems, propulsion systems, airport and the automation issue of the air transport system.