Airlines sign up to investigate carbon removal credits from direct air carbon capture

Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) filters and removes CO₂ emissions directly from air using high powered fans. Once removed, the CO₂ is permanently stored in geological reservoirs. As the aviation industry cannot capture CO₂ emissions released into the atmosphere at source, a direct air carbon capture and storage solution would allow the sector to extract the equivalent amount of emissions from its operations directly from atmospheric air.

According to Airbus, carbon removals via direct air capture technology complement other solutions that deliver CO₂ reductions, such as Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), by addressing remaining emissions that cannot be directly eliminated.

“We are already seeing strong interest from airlines to explore affordable and scalable carbon removals,” said Julie Kitcher, executive vice president Communications and Corporate Affairs, Airbus. “These first letters of intent mark a concrete step towards the use of this promising technology for both Airbus’ own decarbonisation plan and the aviation sector’s ambition to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.”