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ICCT study finds noise and climate impacts of a new generation of supersonic aircraft could be significant

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The two busiest airports, Dubai and London Heathrow, could each see more than 300 operations per day. This equals about one-fifth of a proportional carbon budget afforded international aviation under a 1.5 The fleet of SSTs would emit an additional 1.6 gigatonnes of CO 2 over the aircrafts’ 25-year lifetime.

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