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Executive editors: Volker Grewe, Simon Blakey, Ayce Celikel, Florian Linke, Sigrun Matthes, Jan Middel, Radu Mirea, David Raper, Feijia Yin & Xin Zhao
eISSN: 3053-9277

The Journal of Environmentally Compatible Air Transport System (JECATS) is a not-for-profit international scientific journal dedicated to the publication and public discussion of aspects of the air transport system with a focus on the environmental implications. JECATS publishes original research and review articles that especially, but not solely, combine areas of aerospace engineering, fuels, environmental analysis, climate change, economics, aviation climate mitigation, circularity, and policy analysis. It includes aviation transport related aspects and environmental effects from local to global scales.

Recent papers

27 Oct 2026
D-KULT: data and tools for routine eco-efficient flight operations
Sigrun Matthes, Klaus Gierens, Christine Frömming, Björn Beckmann, Luca Bugliaro, Katrin Dahlmann, Simone Dietmüller, Maleen Hanst, Sina Hofer, Julian Jene, Simon Kirschler, Carmen G. Köhler, Alexander Lau, Ralph Leemüller, Aline Liedtke, Maximilian Mendiguchia Meuser, Patrick Peter, Vanessa Santos Gabriel, Ines Köhler, Gerd Saueressig, Linda Schlemmer, Jonas Sperling, Swen Schlobach, Ralph Schultz, Kristina von Sack, Nathalie Waltenberg, and Zarah Zengerling
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys., 1, 5, https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-1-5-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-1-5-2026, 2026
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22 Oct 2026
A novel reduced-order model for climate impact assessment of aircraft engines: Climate Functions for Engine Design (CFED 1.0)
Harjot Singh Saluja, Arvind Gangoli Rao, Volker Grewe, and Feijia Yin
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-18,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-18, 2026
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21 Oct 2026
Differentiable CoCiP: exact sensitivities of contrail energy forcing with DIFFCOCIP v1.0
Ramon Dalmau, Philippe Very, Gabriel Jarry, and Franck Ballerini
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-20,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-20, 2026
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12 Oct 2026
Influence of aircraft-induced dilution dynamics on near-field ice crystal formation
Margaux Vals, Rémy Annunziata, and Nicolas Bonne
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-19,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-19, 2026
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07 Sep 2026
Trade-off and risk in mitigation options for aviation
Klaus Martin Gierens
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys., 1, 4, https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-1-4-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-1-4-2026, 2026
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