Operation Blue Skies Takes Off: Landmark Oceanic Airspace Trial to Test AI-Driven Contrail Avoidance

Backed by the UK Government through the ATI Programme, ‘Operation Blue Skies’ brings together key partners to evaluate AI-driven flight path adjustments across North Atlantic airspace. - A UK-based consortium comprising Google, the UK Department for Transport, the Met Office, NATS, Contrails.org, Imperial College London, and the University of Cambridge has launched Operation Blue Skies, backed by the UK Government as the world’s first oceanic airspace-scale trial, aimed at reducing the climate impact of aviation contrails.