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Andres Felipe Guzman is a Senior Fellow in the Transportation and Infrastructure Program at KAPSARC with more than 22 years of expertise in transportation systems. His research focuses on transportation demand planning, the macroeconomic impacts of transport policies, and sustainable transport systems. Before joining KAPSARC, he was an associate professor and consultant in Colombia and a researcher at the Transportation Research Center in Madrid. He holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering systems and an M.Sc. in transport infrastructure systems. His work integrates transport modeling, energy assessments, and sustainable mobility strategies.
Publications
11 February 2025
Assessing CO2 Emissions from Commercial Aviation in Saudi Arabia: A Methodological ApproachAviation is projected to grow in the coming decades, leading to increased fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, despite advancements in efficiency. As other sectors decarbonize, aviation’s impact on climate change may become more significant. Assessing aircraft performance, ...
23 January 2025
Evaluating Airport Location Sustainability Performance: A Methodology from Experts and Contextual PerspectiveThis paper presents a methodology to evaluate the sustainable performance of an airport location. The approach integrates multiple criteria, including transport requirements, environmental impacts, accessibility, economic potential, social impacts, and regulatory acceptability. The m...
10 March 2024
The Life Cycle Assessment of Jet Fuel Production and Consumption – A Methodology for Saudi Arabia’s Aviation SectorLif... net-zero targets. The International Civil Aviation Organization has also developed a methodology to evaluate life cycle greenhouse gas emissions for aviation fuels that aligns with the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation sustainability criteria.
13 August 2026
Estimating Aircraft Tankering Potential and Its Implications for Aviation: Insights from the Saudi Arabian Air Network RoutesWhile aviation climate policy emphasizes sustainable fuels and market-based mechanisms, the network-wide effects of fuel tankering, carrying extra fuel to avoid refueling at destination airports at the cost of additional weight and fuel burn, remain insufficiently quantified. A survey...
29 September 2025
Tourism Expansion and Air Transport in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study on Growth, Connectivity, and EfficiencySaudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 outlines a transformative agenda centered on infrastructure development and the expansion of the tourism sector, supported by strategies such as the National Transport and Logistics Strategy, the National Tourism Strategy, and the Saudi Aviation Strategy. Wh...
12 November 2024
The Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment of Jet Fuel Production and ConsumptionThis paper aims to estimate the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of jet fuel production and consumption in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) using the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. The system boundaries include well-to-tank (WTT) activities, covering crude oil ...
01 September 2024
Emerging Research Priorities for Enabling Aviation Climate Action: Identification and Expert EvaluationAviation climate action is emerging as a global priority, underscored by the aviation sector’s increasing projected contribution to climate change and the consequential effects of climate change on aviation operations. This makes it critical to understand the emergent associated rese...
25 July 2023
Fuel Efficiency in Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Sector: Progress and Future ImplicationsDespite the fast global expansion of the aviation industry, due to its sustainability issues, the industry’s concerns about energy efficiency and emissions are still very important. Studying the changing energy consumption patterns in Saudi Arabia is crucial, as the country is expect...
18 March 2024
Identifying Emerging Challenges and Priorities for Aviation DecarbonizationDecarbonization of the aviation sector has emerged as a global concern because the sector contributes 2%-3% to total global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, it is critical for us to understand the associated emerging challenges. We determine key research priorities for achieving effec...
31 August 2026
Understanding Fuel Tankering in Commercial Aviation: Insights From Pilots and Airline Fuel Management ExpertsFuel tankering – uplifting more fuel than a flight requires to reduce costs or buffer against uncertainty – is a longstanding feature of airline fuel management that has attracted increasing scrutiny amid aviation’s decarbonization commitments. Prior research has examined the practice...
15 October 2025
Embedding Sustainability in Airport Development: A Framework for Saudi Arabia
Airports are critical infrastructure, and the selection of their locations has a significant impact on long-term sustainability. Saudi Arabia has recently embarked on an ambitious infrastructure development program to support its objectives of economic diversification, global connecti...
10 August 2025
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF): Charting the Path to Net Zero in the Skies?As the aviation industry faces mounting pressure to reduce its carbon footprint, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has emerged as a pivotal component in the pathway to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), SAF could...
04 January 2024
Impact on Energy Consumption and Emissions of Variations in Aircraft Seating Density Designation from Manufacturers’ RecommendationsAircraft capacity utilization is an important factor in airline productivity, but airlines are not using the maximum seating density designations recommended by manufacturers to accurately represent efficiency or performance.
14 September 2023
The Implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation and Its Challenges for AviationThe aviation sector is a fast-growing industry that contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change. To address this issue, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) set aspirational emissions goals and introduced the Carbon Offsetting and Reductio...
15 June 2023
Will King Salman International Airport Be One of the Largest Airports in the World?
In April 2016, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman launched Saudi Vision 2030, which is a comprehensive strategy for the economic and social development of Saudi Arabia. Its objectives include diversifying the Saudi economy, boosting tourism, increasing trade, generating new jobs and ec...
05 March 2023
Key Improvements in the Saudi Aviation Sector: Exploring the Performance of the Passenger Load Factor
Aviation is a significant contributor to the global economy, given that it, directly and indirectly, contributes to jobs, tourism, trade, and countries’ gross domestic product (GDP). However, environmental issues, technological advances, consumer behavior, energy consumption, the vo...
23 November 2023
Worldwide intraregional and interregional air passenger traffic volume distribution
26 October 2023
Worldwide Intraregional and Interregional Air Freight Traffic Volume DistributionFreight by air does not comprise a significant share of the worldwide tonnage due to its cost compared to land (road and rail) and sea transport. However, air freight is important for commodities that either have high values or are time-sensitive. For instance, documents, perishable ...
25 October 2023
Aircraft seating capacity designation by selected airlines in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia/Pacific, North America, and Latin AmericaAircraft capacity utilization is one of the main factors in an airline’s productivity. It is also vital when analyzing both energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the aviation sector per passenger. In fact, the energy consumption by passengers in aviation has enormou...
25 May 2022
Post-Covid Recovery of Air Traffic in Saudi ArabiaThe dramatic drop in air traffic caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the related travel restrictions has significantly impacted the aviation industry in Saudi Arabia and around the world. The sector has suffered considerable losses due to the reduction in passenger traffic.
07 December 2021
Aviation Fuel Consumed and Passengers Carried in Saudi ArabiaThe air transport sector in Saudi Arabia has an important impact on the economy (e.g., job creation, gross domestic product, and gross value added). Over 690 routes are registered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for both domestic and international travel. There are currently 141 domes...
22 July 2022
PPPs in Colombia: Policy LessonsLatin American countries have introduced private participation in the transport sector to decrease the economic resources spent in projects’ time line. This private participation has also increased the development of corridors in which governments have... Read Book Chapter
09 April 2025
A New Route To A Sustainable Aviation IndustryAnalysis of emerging trends in aviation identifies critical areas requiring further research to enable aviation climate action.
03 April 2025
Pandemic Measures Reveal Routes For Cutting Commercial Airline EmissionsAnalyzing air travel disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic offers insights for improving aviation energy efficiency.