Modern Jets At High Altitudes Create Longer-Lived Contrails, Study Shows

British Airways contrails
Credit: Joe Pries
Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived contrails than older aircraft, according to new research based on machine learning analysis of satellite data on contrails over the North Atlantic which was led by Imperial College London. The result means that although modern...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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