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MVA Consultancy contributes to comprehensive aviation industry environmental policy study for US Government

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MVA Consultancy is a key member of an international study team which aims to develop the first comprehensive study system of aviation environmental effects.

To date, current modelling tools only study limited factors, but MVA is working with the United States Federal Aviation Administration Office of Environment and Energy to develop the Aviation Portfolio Management Tool. 

This will see MVA working alongside Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US Department of Transportation VOLPE Transportation Systems Center, Wyle Laboratories and the Georgia Institute of Technology to develop and apply an enonomic analysis and forecasting tool which will be used to support environmental analyses by the US and the International Civil Aviation Organization Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (ICAO CAEP).

MVA Consultancy’s Technical Director Richard Hancox said: “Aviation environmental effects result from complex interdependent technologies, operations, policies and market conditions.  Current modelling tools only allow policy and R&D options to be considered in limited contexts such as noise, local air quality or climate change alone.

"Also, only some of the economic and environmental effects are considered. This approach can lead to the selection of suboptimal policies and R&D options because actions on one domain may produce unintended negative consequences in another.

“APMT is being designed to model the complex interdependencies of aviation technology development and fleet development, and assess more fully the impact of aviation environmental policies,”  said MIT  Project Director Ian Waitz.

It is anticipated that APMT will enable intergovernmental and national agencies to select the most efficient policies and R&D options that balance society’s environmental and economic needs.

Richard notes that “Within the leadership of the FAA/MIT team, MVA is coordinating the development of the policy sensitive economic forecasting modules which are designed to help the international aviation community understand the economic consequences of environmental policy measures for the aviation industry.  This builds on experience gained in this field over the last 10 years for a number of European clients”

Information for Editors:

MVA Consultancy provides advice on transport and other policy areas, to central, regional and local government, agencies, developers, operators and financiers.

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For further information please contact:

Emma O'Sullivan on 01483 742925
or email eosullivan@mvaconsultancy.com

or

Sarah White on 01483 742975
or email swhite@mvaconsultancy.com

16 November 2007