We are in the early years of the second century of flight. The first 100 years of aviation have changed the world in a way that few people were able to predict. Every day, millions of people fly at an altitude and speed that no person had ever reached before a century ago. Reaching the ends of the Earth is not a matter of months anymore, but a matter of days.
However, these achievements came at a cost. It takes a lot of greenhouse gasses and noise to reach such speeds and altitude, making aviation one of the most polluting modes of transportation. Without a clear path to solve this.
The objective for the second century of flight is clear: we have to clean up aviation while keeping the achievements of the first century of flight. This won't be an easy task, but the foundation of what the future will bring is being created today.
This blog is about these first steps, with a focus on how electrification and digitization are the two main pillars of the future of aviation.