Airline Sustainability Office

Your outsourced airline sustainability team

Sustainability is creating new opportunities for airlines, but also increasingly complex obligations. Operators must understand evolving regulations, collect and verify emissions data, submit regulatory reports, manage SAF and carbon-market requirements, and develop credible plans for reducing emissions.

For small and medium-sized airlines, building an internal team capable of covering all these activities can be difficult and costly. GH Aviation Consulting provides a dedicated Airline Sustainability Office: an outsourced sustainability function combining regulatory, operational, financial and strategic aviation expertise.

Our support is tailored to your airline’s operations, regulatory exposure and internal resources. We can manage the complete sustainability function or complement your existing team in selected areas.

Regulatory Compliance

We identify the sustainability regulations and reporting schemes applicable to your operations, including CORSIA, emissions trading schemes, SAF mandates and other national or regional requirements.
We monitor regulatory developments, assess their implications and help prepare or update the necessary monitoring plans, procedures and compliance workplans.

Emissions monitoring and reporting

We support the complete emissions-reporting process, from collecting and validating operational data to calculating emissions and preparing the required reports.
Our team identifies data gaps, applies the appropriate calculation methodologies and supports the submission of reports to the relevant authorities.

Audit and verification coordination

Emissions reports and sustainability claims may require independent verification or regulatory review. We help prepare the supporting evidence and coordinate exchanges with accredited verifiers and competent authorities.
We can also support your airline during compliance audits, respond to technical questions and follow corrective actions through to completion.

SAF and carbon markets

We help airlines understand and manage their requirements relating to Sustainable Aviation Fuel, emissions allowances and eligible carbon credits.
Our support can include SAF sourcing and certificate management, allocation of emissions reductions, analysis of eligible claims, assessment of compliance exposure and coordination of purchasing activities.

Cost and budget planning

Environmental obligations can create significant and uncertain costs. We forecast your exposure to SAF requirements, emissions trading schemes and offsetting obligations under different traffic, fuel-price and carbon-price scenarios.
This allows your airline to prepare realistic budgets, anticipate future liabilities and identify opportunities to reduce the overall cost of compliance.

Decarbonization strategy

We develop practical decarbonization strategies aligned with your airline’s operations, growth plans and financial constraints.
Our approach can assess operational efficiency measures, fleet renewal, new technologies, SAF deployment and other emissions-reduction levers. Scenario modelling helps quantify their environmental and financial effects and translate the selected pathway into an implementation roadmap.

Ongoing airline support

Your airline benefits from a dedicated point of contact familiar with its operations, priorities and regulatory environment. We establish a clear workplan and reporting calendar, coordinate the different activities and provide training to your teams. Regular reviews ensure that your sustainability programme continues to reflect operational developments and regulatory changes.

A complete sustainability function, scaled to your airline

Whether you need support with selected obligations or want to outsource your complete sustainability function, GH Aviation Consulting can build a solution adapted to your organisation.