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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.

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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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25 Aug 2026
A new ice crystal formation pathway in contrails generated by fuel cell propelled aircraft
Dennis Hillenbrand and Simon Unterstrasser
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-16,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-16, 2026
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14 Aug 2026
Towards the implementation of climate-optimized air traffic in Northern Europe: Feasibility and airspace constraints of pre-tactical contrail mitigation
Dennis Piontek, Kai Widmaier, Simon Kirschler, Joël Clément, Jacques Edeline, Jakob Smretschnig, David Antonello, Tarmo Pihlak, Simone Dietmüller, Sigrun Matthes, Katrin Dahlmann, Feijia Yin, and Christiane Voigt
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-14,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-14, 2026
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14 Aug 2026
Assessing the climate mitigation potential of targeted SAF use in 2030 at Copenhagen Airport
Roland Eichinger, Katrin Dahlmann, Volker Grewe, Benedict Enderle, Sven Maertens, Shravana Kumar, Christian Weder, Wolfgang Grimme, Leon Müller, Malte Niklaß, and Hannes Bruder
J. Env. Com. Air Transp. Sys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-15,https://doi.org/10.5194/jecats-2026-15, 2026
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