ECATS has a broad and fundamental expertise as well as impressive resources for research on the environmental impact of air transport. As scientifically sound and internationally competitive European research structure ECATS combines all necessary and partially complementary scientific approaches used in the research on the environmental impact of aviation. An in-depth integration of the competences and activities available across Europe further improves the competitiveness of European aeronautics industry. As an important part of the scientific community, ECATS will be able to give the stakeholders advice on the best way forward. read more ^[1]