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banking on these opportunities, there solutions to support our customers
are a few challenges such as climate with their carbon reduction journey.
change and airport infrastructure that "Specifically for the air cargo
the industry may face in realising its industry, companies need to
vision of reaching 10 million tonnes of air embrace techniques for sustainable
cargo by 2030. environmental solutions that will help
"The pandemic has accelerated the them minimise carbon footprints.
digitalisation of the aviation and logistics Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a
industries as the modern business cleaner substitute for conventional jet
environment requires faster and higher- fuel and plays a key role in the aviation
quality services. Therefore, with the use industry’s plan to reduce carbon
of technology-driven solutions, cargo emissions in the coming decade.
service providers can bring transparency, "At Kuehne+Nagel, we’ve been a
accuracy, and speed to day-to-day keen advocate for sustainable fuels
processes for efficient last-mile delivery. Air freight traffic across all forms of logistics, including
Air freight logistics companies are between domestic and the adoption of SAF in air freight. As
seeing increased demand from an of December 2022, we have procured
expanding market segment, which can foreign airports has about seven percent of the global SAF
be met with freighters that can handle experienced significant production, and we have committed
capacity shortages, fluctuating volumes, post-pandemic to an even larger volume for 2023. We
and peak season. recovery resulting in are spending a lot of effort and time
Another key driver to drive growth for faster product delivery transferring and sharing knowledge to
air cargo in India is the infrastructure to end customers. our industry, suppliers, and customers.
of Indian airports, adds Kumar. “The In April alone, we hosted various
Indian government has launched a Deepak Kumar customer sessions in India with almost
well-laid plan to upgrade and further Kuehne+Nagel 100 customers attending in three cities.
develop the country’s air transport We are also cooperating with our carrier
infrastructure as international hubs to to roughly eight percent of CO2 partners regarding possibilities of
enable airlines to optimally make use of emissions worldwide. As industry reducing the weight of an aircraft (lighter
such facilities." leaders, we are committed to reduce pallets, safety nets, only running one
our contribution to that percentage engine during taxiing at an airport etc.).”
Pain points for Indian air cargo by actively reducing our own CO2 K+N recently formed the Sustainable
There is no doubt that climate change emissions in transport and developing Engine Alliance with Atlas Air and SR
is one of the biggest challenges facing Technics Group to set new industry
all of us, says Kumar of K+N. standards for low-carbon aircraft
"Logistics industry engine supply chains in line with the
contributes SBTi. "Through this alliance we also aim
to reduce our collective environmental
impact through networks for
sustainable engine supply
chains and a portfolio of
sustainable services.
This initiative is
expected to reduce
engine supply
chain-related scope
three emissions ahead
of the Aerospace 2050
sustainability targets."

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