飛行機雲をAIで避ける世界初の空域試験を英政府とGoogleが開始

"Since publishing our initial research on ways AI can help mitigate contrail warming, we've partnered across the aviation industry, working alongside airlines such as American Airlines, air navigation service providers like EUROCONTROL's MUAC, and Flight Planning Software providers including FlightKeys, to demonstrate that avoiding warming contrails is both scientifically validated and operationally practical."／"Now, we’re taking the next major step: expanding beyond individual airline trials to coordinated contrail mitigation across an entire flight corridor. We’re launching Operation Blue Skies — the world’s first state-backed trial to avoid contrails at the scale of an entire oceanic airspace."（Google 公式ブログ本文）— Google 公式ブログより

"A UK-based consortium will conduct the world’s first airspace trial aimed at reducing condensation trails – known as contrails – that could greatly reduce aviation’s global warming impact."（University of Cambridge 本文）— University of Cambridge より

"When you look up at a clear sky and see thin white lines trailing behind airplanes, you’re looking at condensation trails, or "contrails." These are clouds created when water vapor condenses around soot particles in jet exhaust. While they may seem harmless, these warming contrails account for roughly one third of aviation’s total climate impact."／"Contrails are one of the most urgent yet solvable climate challenges facing aviation today. Research suggests that avoiding contrails could be one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce aviation’s climate impact."（本文）— Google 公式ブログより

"Contrail avoidance could drastically reduce the global climate impact of aviation, at minimal cost to passengers and companies,” said Professor Steven Barrett, Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge."（本文）— University of Cambridge より

"Contrails form when water vapour in jet-engine exhaust condenses and freezes around soot particles and other aerosols in the cold, humid air of the upper atmosphere."（University of Cambridge 本文）— University of Cambridge より

"Atmospheric modelling shows that the Shanwick airspace accounts for approximately 5% of global contrail warming. A significant part of this warming is concentrated in the winter season between November and February. Operation Blue Skies will target this specific high-impact window by using AI models to identify where and when interventions have the greatest potential to reduce contrail-related climate impact."（本文）— University of Cambridge より

"The 30 month program consists of two operational trials, each lasting approximately four months. Around 10,000 flights, originating from hundreds of cities, will pass through Shanwick airspace during trial hours each year and a small percentage of these flights that would otherwise pass through contrail-sensitive airspace will be slightly deviated, preventing them from forming strongly warming contrails."（本文）— Google 公式ブログより

"The trials will focus on minor altitude adjustments within standard flight operations, coordinated through established and standard Air Traffic Control (ATC) communication channels. Trial manoeuvres will take place primarily during winter testing windows in 2026-2027 and 2027-2028, with approximately 20 to 40 test days per winter. Testing will be conducted during periods of lower air traffic."（本文）— University of Cambridge より

"Google UK: Developing AI models to predict and avoid warming contrails, while using machine learning and satellite imaging to track and verify our impact."／"NATS (the UK's leading air navigation service provider): Trial airspace operations, air traffic control coordination, safety assessment and air traffic controller training."／"Imperial College London & University of Cambridge: Evaluating trial outcomes and providing independent verification of climate impact."／"Contrails.org: Leading forecast assessments, designing trial parameters, and supporting data analysis."／"Met Office: Developing a new UK contrail forecast capability and ensuring meteorological accuracy throughout the trial."／"Operation Blue Skies programme is co-funded by its industry partners and the Department for Transport (DfT) through the ATI Programme, a partnership between the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI), the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) and Innovate UK."／"Google UK is participating on a pro-bono basis, contributing £1.4 million in-kind through AI research expertise, engineering time, and high-performance computing infrastructure to advance open climate science."（参加組織の役割の節／本文）— Google 公式ブログより

"Operation Blue Skies is a £5 million, 30-month programme, partly funded by £2.65 million from the Department for Transport."／"To ensure public funding directly advances sovereign scientific capabilities, 100% of the government grant funding is allocated directly to academic, non-profit, and aviation partners."／"Google UK is contributing £1.4 million in-kind through AI research expertise, engineering time, and high-performance computing infrastructure to advance open climate science."（本文）— University of Cambridge より