Loganair partners with Met Office and FLYHT to improve weather forecasts – Business Traveller
Loganair has joined forces with the Met Office and aviation hardware specialists FLYHT Aerospace to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts and reduce flight emissions.
The project will see all 13 of Loganair’s Embraer 145’s equipped with FLHYT-WVSS-II atmospheric water vapour sensors which will measure weather data for the Met Office. The airline’s Embraer fleet operates three to four flights daily across the UK.
The sensors will routinely monitor environmental conditions around the aircraft during the flight and allow the airline to collect meteorological information.
It is hoped that the project will increase the industry’s understanding of non-CO2 effects of aviation, such as the emissions of nitrous oxides and sulphur dioxide, which are estimated to contribute to around 48 per cen...