AIRBUS - 2020 Universal Registration Document

1. Information on the Company’s Activities / 1.2 Non-Financial Information

Graph 2: The aviation industry’s roadmap to significant emissions reduction by 2060

CO 2 emissions (millions of tonnes)

2,500

2,000

Emissions reduction contributions in 2060

1,500

42%

1,000

8%

50% (OR SAF + OFFSETS)

500

INDUSTRY 2050 GOAL

0

2020

2025

2030

2035

2040

2045

2050

2055

2060

2015

Technology

Operations and infrastructure

Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Offsetting

Source: ATAG Waypoint 2050 report (2020)

On the European scene, the EU Green Deal offers many opportunities for the Company and the European aviation industry to speed up the transition: the Company shares the ambition to reach a net zero carbon aviation ecosystem in Europe by 2050, and will contribute to the EU’s 2030 ambition. At the international level, the Company actively supports and strongly encourages ICAO to introduce a global level of ambition in setting meaningful long term aspirational goals for international aviation in 2022 and hence to maintain a global level playing field.

Airbus’ Roadmap to Reducing Emissions The Company is investing in and focusing its efforts on five key areas to reduce its environmental footprint, in support of the overall sector ambition as highlighted above: 1. Replacing Current Fleets with More Performant Aircraft The Company is continuously improving its products through new designs, advanced materials, upgraded systems and more fuel-efficient engines. Thanks to significant investments into new aircraft designs, the Company’s commercial aircraft products have reached a rolling average of 2.1% fuel efficiency improvement annually over the past ten years, exceeding targets set by the industry through ATAG – see graph 3.

The Company’s commercial aircraft portfolio comprises today the most efficient aircraft product line: – – A350 and A330neo offer 25% reduction in fuel burn and significantly reduced noise footprints versus the previous generation of aircraft; – – the A320neo family brings a 20% reduction in fuel burn, and nearly half the noise footprint; – – A220 of fers 25% reduction in CO 2 emissions per seat versus previous generation of small single-aisle aircraft, 50% reduction in noise footprint and 50% fewer NOx emissions than the standards.

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