AIRBUS TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF AVIATION

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 (Bernama) -- Airbus is looking into all kinds of future
aircraft concepts to improve the environmental performance of aviation even
further.

In a statement, Airbus said its new A380 consumed less than 2.9 litres per
passenger and 100km, and was ready to fly with alternative fuels.

Airbus said biodiversity, which was essential for safeguarding the planet,
was in serious decline and it was taking this challenge seriously.

"Through continuous innovations, Airbus has managed to reduce fuel burn and
carbon dioxide emissions of its aircraft by 70 per cent over the past 40 years,"
it said.

It said developing environmentally-sound technologies, however, was only one
part of the company's strategy to shape a sustainable future of aviation.

Airbus said to create awareness on the need to conserve the fragile
biodiversity, it has teamed up with the secretariat of the Convention on
Biological Diversity and National Geographic Society, to launch a worldwide
biodiversity photography contest.

"Ending Sept 8, the 'See the Bigger Picture' contest calls children of six
to 16 years old, to take photos of biodiversity, to illustrate the diversity of
nature around them and to consider their role in conserving it," it said.

-- BERNAMA