ISABE Welcome Messages

Dr. Frank Haselbach

President ISABE
Head of Propulsion Airbus

Since the beginning of human flight, propelling an aircraft has been a major challenge and seen as a key to prolonged and sustainable flight. The art of propulsion underwent huge developments, from simple piston engines, via the roaring jet-engine era, to today's modern turbofan and turboprops. Today's propulsion concepts represent the highest power dense products in the world (for repetitive use) and they are lasting for very long time-on-wing too. So, for over 100 years Aerospace has brought countless benefits to the global society. Since the first two revolutions (piston and jet engines) civil aviation has become so safe and commonplace that new business models, social interactions, leisure activities, employment opportunities, cascading technology developments and other benefits have accrued very widely via this enabler. Now, aviation is currently going through its 3rd revolution. The objective of the third revolution is to foster and improve the environmental footprint of air transport while continuing to deliver all the benefits our industry brings. This requires technology investment, large scale development programmes and a multitude of talented professionals. New energy sources, sustainable fuels and hydrogen/hybrid systems are at the centre of this on the technology side to achieve carbon neutrality of the overall industry. In other words, society realises that fossil energy carriers are to be changed, and for aviation, propulsion is at the very centre of this third evolution. ISABE, the global forum for propulsion interests, offers a very clear window into this multifaceted fascinating challenge to engineers & leaders from Industry, public officers, regulators, environmental experts, academics, researchers and other participants of our multidisciplinary community. You are cordially invited, come and join us!!!