This document provides an introduction and overview of a course on sustainability management in aviation. It discusses some of the benefits of aviation like facilitating travel and trade, but also acknowledges the downsides like noise, pollution and climate change. It notes that in response, there have been protests, policies introduced like ticket taxes and bans on some domestic flights. It states that aviation needs to become more sustainable. It motivates learning about sustainability by asking what sustainability means, and directs the reader to additional files to understand sustainability before making aviation more sustainable.

1. This course is prepared under the Erasmus+ KA-210-YOU Project titled
«Skilling Youth for the Next Generation Air Transport Management»
Sustainability
Management in Aviation
Motivation, Introduction and Overview – Part I
Prof. Dr. Frank Fichert
Worms University of Applied Sciences

2. Motivation
Some benefits of aviation:
• Bringing friends and families together
• Allowing people to experience
different cultures
• Facilitating international trade
• Creating income and jobs
• …
And some ‘downsides’:
• Noise
• Pollution
• Climate change / global warming
• Overtourism
• …
Motivation, Introduction and Overview – Part I 2
Some reactions from policy makers, ‘activists’ and consumers:
Protests, ‘flightshaming’, night curfews, no airport expansion, ticket tax,
ban on domestic flights, emission trading scheme, mandate for sustainable
aviation fuels, …

3. “Aviation must be (become) more sustainable” /
“We need a more sustainable air transport industry”, …
You can easily find many similar statements by politicians, industry representatives,
consumers, citizens, non governmental organizations (NGOs), etc.
Motivation, Introduction and Overview – Part I 3
Motivation
But, before we make aviation ‘sustainable’ we have to ask:
What is ‘sustainability’?
=> Please read file ‘Sust Material 01-01’ and then continue with video/slides ‘Sust S/V 01-02’