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AIM

Aviation Integrated Model

Transportaviation

policy support

policy role

AIM is intended to be used to assess policy or technology levels applied to all or part of the global aviation system. This could include changes in costs to airlines or passengers, or changes in the cost or availability of alternative technology. It has been used to assess carbon trading and offsetting policy (e.g., as part of the assessment for DG CLIMA on how the EU ETS and CORSIA should interact). In the academic literature it has been used to assess the environmental and economic impacts of a range of interventions, including the availability of battery electric aircraft (Schafer et al. 2018) and  early aircraft retirement (Dray et al. 2014).

policy cycle

This model contributes to the following phases of the policy cycle

policy areas

This model can contribute to the following policy areas

Agriculture and rural development
Banking and financial services
Borders and security
Budget
Business and industry
Climate action
Competition
Consumers
Culture and media
Customs
Digital economy and society
EU enlargement
Economy, finance and the euro
Education and training
Employment and social affairs
Energy
Environment
European neighbourhood policy
Food safety
Foreign affairs and security policy
Fraud prevention
Home affairs
Humanitarian aid and civil protection
Institutional affairs
International cooperation and development
Justice and fundamental rights
Maritime affairs and fisheries
Migration and asylum
Public health
Regional policy
Research and innovation
Single market
Sport
Taxation
Trade
Transport
Youth

impact assessments

Starting from July 2017, this model supported the ex-ante impact assessments of the European Commission listed below.

  1. 14 July 2021