ACARE stands for more than 20 years of qualified advice and contribution to aviation research and innovation.
In 2021, the ACARE General Assembly with the EC, the Memberstates and the various aviation associations and organisations have tasked the ACARE Chairteam to organize and steer a writing team to come up with a new European vision for aviation in view of the Green Deal of the EC.
This new vision is a result of the work of a writing team composed of almost all European aviation stakeholders and, therefore, it is not only a description of goals but also a commitment of all of us to work towards this vision.
As ACARE Chairteam we are proud to present this document to the public but in particular to the European aviation community.
With this document in your hands, also ACARE is at the dawn of a new era, from growth as in the past to sustainability for the sake of our planet.
For more than 20 years ACARE addresses strategic, policy, regulatory, technical and institutional issues, providing an open forum for discussion and a consensus based decision- making process. As well as individual stakeholders spanning the entire aviation sector (e.g. from aircraft integrators and suppliers of all tiers, airlines, airports and ATM providers, other service providers, research establishments and universities), it counts European aviation associations as its stakeholders.
ACARE’s reach extends beyond research and innovation and also beyond the purely civil sector into the dual use civil-military domain.
ACARE always did all this in a balanced, unbiased and multi-directional manner and delivers huge value to the EC and its stakeholders.
However, ACARE recognises that huge challenges lay ahead and that these can only be overcome by a new approach.
To make the required rapid, significant scientific and technological progress, even deeper collaboration is needed between many actors, extending well beyond the aviation sector to encompass, for example, energy and all other transport modes.
This collaboration must span and integrate all aspects of aviation from research and innovation to operations.
Working closely together with the EC, EASA, Eurocontrol, representatives of Member States and the European aviation associations of all types, ACARE is best positioned to act as the single, concerted voice across its rich European representation that is needed to future proof European aviation by turning this Vision into the European Aviation Strategy.
In addition ACARE will be able to coordinate the realisation of the Vision and Strategy as it well positioned to oversee and secure coherence between individual initiatives needed to deliver impact.
To achieve this, also the ACARE structure and organisation needs to be aligned with the new vision. The issues to be addressed in defining the future ACARE are the terms of reference, the legal status of the organisation, governance, budget and the tasks to be undertaken.
During this process, also the annex of this vision will be reviewed in order to match goals, stakeholders, timescales and expectations ensuring continuous alignment with the Green Deal in the most efficient way.
Launched at the Paris Air Show in June 2001, ACARE has over 100 member bodies and associations including the European Commission, EU Member States, manufacturing industry, airlines, airports, air navigation service providers, EASA, Eurocontrol, research establishments and universities.
Significant progress has been made since 2000: new aircraft designs are quieter and burn less fuel per passenger kilometre which means less emission.
Report of the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe
ACARE has set out challenging objectives for future debates in the new Europe's Vision for Aviation
Two initiatives launched to access progress made so far:
Second release of the SRIA
First release of the SRIA
First report published
The importance of aviation led to a first agreement of stakeholders to establish ACARE
