Publications

Emerging Research Priorities for Enabling Aviation Climate Action: Identification and Expert Evaluation

Rubal Dua, Andres Felipe Guzman

Aviation 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 research…

Dua, Rubal

Andres Felipe Guzman

Aviation Challenges in the Long Term: Technological Developments, Energy Transition, and Climate Change

The aviation sector, known for its significant emission levels, is facing a critical moment, as it strives to balance growth with environmental concerns. With the aim of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, stakeholders such as consumers, investors, manufacturers, airports, airlines,…

Identifying Emerging Challenges and Priorities for Aviation Decarbonization

Rubal Dua, Andres Felipe Guzman, Prateek Bansal

Decarbonization 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…

Dua, Rubal

Andres Felipe Guzman

Bansal, Prateek

The Life Cycle Assessment of Jet Fuel Production and Consumption – A Methodology for Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Sector

Andres Felipe Guzman, Freddy Segundo Navarro Pineda

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a comprehensive methodology that contributes to informed decision-making and addresses environmental challenges across different sectors. The methodology has significantly evolved from its first development by the Coca-Cola Company in 1969 to its standardization by the…

Andres Felipe Guzman

Freddy Segundo Navarro Pineda

Powering the Future of Aviation: Exploring the Role of Hydrogen and Power-to- Liquid in Sustainable Aviation Fuels

Abdulrahman Alwosheel, Brian DaRin, Rick Westerdale

The decarbonization of long-distance transportation, especially in aviation, is a significant challenge. While progress has been made in decarbonizing urban transportation, achieving electrification in long-distance transport remains difficult. Sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) offer a promising solution for reducing carbon dioxide…

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Brian DaRin

Rick Westerdale

The Implementation of the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation and Its Challenges for Aviation

Abdulrahman Alwosheel, Andres Felipe Guzman

The 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 Reduction Scheme for…

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Andres Felipe Guzman

Fuel Efficiency in Saudi Arabia’s Aviation Sector: Progress and Future Implications

Andres Felipe Guzman, Juan Nicolas Gonzalez, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

Despite 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…

Andres Felipe Guzman

Juan Nicolas Gonzalez

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

CO2 Emissions Reduction Progress and Future Perspectives in Aviation

CO2 emissions from aviation are a priority for policymakers, researchers, entities, and governments worldwide. Traditional approaches to analyzing the aviation sector must be modified because aviation practices are no longer supply driven. In fact, the recent increase in environmental awareness…

Key Improvements in the Saudi Aviation Sector: Exploring the Performance of the Passenger Load Factor

Andres Felipe Guzman, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

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 volume of passenger and…

Andres Felipe Guzman

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Future of Fuels in the Aviation Sector

Aviation is crucial for connecting people and countries worldwide. Although aviation carriers, manufacturers, and governments have all aimed to increase energy efficiency through significant technological advances over recent decades, this transport mode has struggled to find alternatives to fossil-based fuels.…

Aviation Fuel Consumed and Passengers Carried in Saudi Arabia

Abdulrahman Alwosheel, Andres Felipe Guzman, Abu Toasin Oakil

The 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…

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Andres Felipe Guzman

Oakil, Abu Toasin

Worldwide intraregional and interregional air passenger traffic volume distribution

Andres Felipe Guzman, Abdulrahman Alwosheel, Rubal Dua

Aviation, like other transport modes, is essential for the economy; it facilitates business and trade, allows people to connect with different regions/cities, and generate tourism. Air traffic at the country or regional level is quite interesting by analyzing and comparing…

Andres Felipe Guzman

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Dua, Rubal

Aircraft seating capacity designation by selected airlines in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia/Pacific, North America, and Latin America

Saif Almutairi, Abdulrahman Alwosheel, Andres Felipe Guzman

Aircraft 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…

Almutairi, Saif

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

Andres Felipe Guzman

The Race to Offset Emissions from Airlines— How Is It Developing?

Nora Nezamuddin, Lama Yaseen

As a sector, aviation accounts for an estimated 2% of global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, with the International Energy Agency (IEA) indicating that the growth in aviation in the last decade has been faster than that of roads, rail,…

Nezamuddin, Nora

Yaseen, Lama

Post-Covid Recovery of Air Traffic in Saudi Arabia

Abu Toasin Oakil, Andres Felipe Guzman, Rubal Dua, Abdulrahman Alwosheel

The 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…

Oakil, Abu Toasin

Andres Felipe Guzman

Dua, Rubal

Alwosheel, Abdulrahman

The European Energy Collapse: A Chain of Contingencies or a Recurring Nightmare?

Zlata Sergeeva, Nikolay Fedorov

Choosing to rely exclusively on renewable energy sources (RES) and eliminating hydrocarbons can lead to significant difficulties for an energy system. Challenges may arise when energy storage is insufficient to guarantee a stable power supply. The lack of suitable technologies…

Sergeeva, Zlata

Nikolay Fedorov