FUTURED. ZAL Magazin 2025

IMPULSES & OUTLOOK
2025 IN CHARTS:
AVIATION’S
MAKE-OR-BREAK YEAR
FOR INNOVATION
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Air travel is one of humanity’s greatest
technological achievements, connecting
people, cultures and economies across the
globe. Over the past 50 years, the democratization
of air travel has fueled exploration
and global exchange like never before.
NO DECARBONIZATION
PATH FOR AVIATION
Projected global CO 2 emissions (in Mt CO 2 )
In Announced Pledges Scenario (APS)
But this success comes at a cost. Aviation is at
a crossroads. Why? Aviation’s social license to
operate in the future is under growing pressure
as its carbon footprint expands. While
other transport sectors are making progress
to reduce emissions, aviation’s CO 2 output is
set to rise sharply.
AVIATION +47% SHIPPING +1%
1,200
RAIL –10%
1,200
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120
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ROAD 0%
7,500
Guest article by Lennart Dobravsky, founder
of Research+Attitude, a market intelligence
and thought leadership agency, and creator of
OneChart, a newsletter curating the most
insightful data charts in aviation and travel.
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Source: Research+Attitude analysis, Sustainable Aero Lab, IEA.