TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT OF FUTURE AIRCRAFT

Abstract

An extended methodology to evaluate and optimize civil aircraft in means of socio-ecoefficiency index is proposed in this study that draws on the results in [17]. Here, the aircraft is an element integrated in the air transportation system (ATS). Nowadays, the assessment is mostly driven by economic indicators, which consider environmental impacts peripherally and indirectly (e.g. noise charges, emission tax). In order to expand this evaluation perspective, a procedure is introduced, which considers and combines the 3 pillars of sustainability – SOCIETY, ECOLOGY and ECONOMY – in one aggregated value – the SEEindex.