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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: JECATS 3053-9277, JECATSD 3053-9285

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

21 Apr 2026
Efficacy of Scalable Airline-led Contrail Avoidance
Tharun Sankar, Thomas Dean, Tristan Abbott, Jill Blickstein, Alejandra Martín Frías, Mark Galyen, Rebecca Grenham, Paul Hodgson, Kevin McCloskey, Alan Pechman, Tyler Robarge, Dinesh Sanekommu, Aaron Sarna, Aaron Sonabend-W, Marc Stettler, Raimund Zopp, and Scott Geraedts
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-4,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-4, 2026
Preprint under review for JECATS (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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20 Apr 2026
Improving reanalysis weather for contrail validation by incorporating satellite observations
Scott Geraedts, Aaron Sarna, Susanne Rohs, Roger Teoh, and Kevin McCloskey
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-6,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-6, 2026
Preprint under review for JECATS (discussion: open, 2 comments)
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17 Feb 2026
D-KULT: data and tools for routine eco-efficient flight operations
Sigrun Matthes, Klaus Gierens, Björn Beckmann, Luca Bugliaro, Simone Dietmüller, Christine Frömming, Maleen Hanst, Sina Hofer, Julian Jene, Simon Kirschler, Carmen G. Köhler, Alexander Lau, Ralph Leemüller, Aline Liedtke, Max Mendiguchia Meuser, Patrick Peter, Vanessa Santos Gabriel, Ines Köhler, Gerd Saueressig, Linda Schlemmer, Jonas Sperling, Swen Schlobach, Ralph Schultz, Kristina von Sack, and Nathalie Waltenberg
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-3,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-3, 2026
Preprint under review for JECATS (discussion: final response, 2 comments)
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12 Feb 2026
Concept of risk-aware contrail avoidance strategies
Audran Borella, Cameron Steer, Nicolas Bellouin, and Olivier Boucher
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-2,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-2, 2026
Preprint under review for JECATS (discussion: final response, 2 comments)
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22 Jan 2026
Editorial: A new sustainable aviation open-access journal
Volker Grewe, Simon Blakey, Florian Linke, Sigrun Matthes, Jan Middel, Radu Mirea, Ayce Celikel, David Raper, Feijia Yin, and Xin Zhao
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys., 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-1-1-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-1-1-2026, 2026
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