Travelling without carbon emission: is the aeronautics industry ready?

The thesis covers the aeronautics concerns, especially the current one happening due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this work, the main goals set up were to answer the question if it’s possible to travel sustainably without carbon emission? The main research problem explained so, was to prob the opinion of passengers in order to understand their needs and meet a common point with the environmental aspect of the industry. Therefore, the theoretical work was divided into two parts. First, the purpose was to have a clear view of the habits and behaves of the industry across the timeline from the early stage. Then in the second part, we were more focusing on what the corona crisis had allowed for the industry to change and rebuild itself. This was the basis of our explanation of the survey that was conducted through a web questionnaire for 8 days of test-taking, composed of 24 questions, in which 85 respondents answered. In order to ensure the reliability of the research, a quota was imposed of 1/6 passengers traveling for business reasons and it was respected. The majority of the questions was Likert scale question to have a better view on what customer expects in a sustainable aircraft. At the end of the study a couple of recommendations for both of the airliners and on a smaller scale, the aircraft manufacturer. From that a general conclusion for aviation was made, gathering the answers and applying them, in order to draw what could be the future of aeronautics. This, even if these answers may subject to changes during the coming years, as the industry constantly evolves