Research Outputs

[Tookit] Future Flight Scenario Toolkit

April 2024

We are delightled to launch the Future Flight Scenario Toolkit to map out the scenarios and trends which are more impactful to your project/ policy. Through mapping scenarios and trends, you can make appropriate plans to captialise on oppertunities and mitigate for negative potential futures.

We created the Future Flight Scenario Toolkit through an extensive series of workshops and Delphi evaluations with future flight industry experts and policymakers.

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[Conference] Sustainable future flight business models: Motivations and barriers

[April 2024] Transport Research Arena, Dublin

This paper investigates stakeholders’ motivations and barriers within emerging Future Flight business models. Aviation is vital for developing economies, and the urgent need for a transition towards more sustainable practices is gaining prominence. Hence, understanding the factors shaping Future Flight technology’s adoption is crucial. Drawing on ten interviews with pioneering Future Flight-related technologists, business leaders, social entrepreneurs, and policymakers, we employed the Technology-Organisation-Environment framework and Transaction Cost Economics theory to analyse critical factors influencing Future Flight business models. We show participants are concerned about sustainable aviation fuel availability and Future Flight technologies’ read-iness. We emphasise the importance of technology maturity and commercial viability for successful Future Flight implementation. Smaller start-ups are poised to lead such development because of their nimbleness and sustainability focus. Concurrently, larger companies face challenges transitioning from traditional business models. We identified regulatory frameworks, social acceptance, and public demand as key drivers. Finally, we show how entrepreneurs desire standardised global regulations to support sustainable aviation practices. We offer insights into the complex dynamics of Future Flight adoption, highlighting companies’ need to evaluate their cultural and human resource strategies while emphasising global regulatory standards’ importance – as part of The CoFFEE Project’s (www.coffeefutureflight.com) broader research programme.

Cite: Liao, C., Parker, C. J., Parkhurst, G., Oldziejewska, M., Uddin, M., & Ramanathan, R. (2024, April 15). Sustainable Future Flight Business Models: Motivations and Barriers. Transport Research Arena (TRA) ’24.

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[Webinar] Business Motivations in Future Flight

November 2023

Re-watch our webinar as part of Leicestershire Business Festival 2023, where we delve into the exciting world of Future Flight business models and their pivotal role in shaping the future of aviation.