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How can the aviation industry reduce its environmental impact while continuing to connect the world?
In the Sustainable Aviation Challenge Pack, students explore how airlines can rethink the future of flying through cleaner aircraft design, smarter waste management and stronger sustainability communication.
Working through a real-world aviation challenge, students investigate how airlines could adopt more sustainable practices across multiple parts of the passenger journey. Across three structured challenge activities, students design a future aircraft using alternative fuel ideas and sustainable design features, develop practical solutions to reduce waste across the in-flight experience and create a campaign to promote these initiatives to the public.
To support their thinking, students are introduced to three user personas representing different perspectives within the aviation ecosystem, including passengers, airline leadership and frontline staff. These personas encourage students to consider how sustainability solutions must balance environmental impact, customer experience and operational practicality.
Throughout the pack, students engage with curated aviation case studies, sustainability examples and airline innovations from around the world, including sustainable aviation fuels, zero-waste flights, aircraft recycling initiatives and public awareness campaigns. This helps students understand how sustainability in aviation requires both technological innovation and behavioural change.
Designed for innovation programs, project based learning, and future industries education, this pack can be completed individually, delivered collaboratively, or used by teachers as the foundation for a larger sustainability, aviation, or future industries unit of work. Some schools choose to offer one Industry Innovator Challenge Pack to all students, while others purchase multiple packs to allow students to choose an industry challenge aligned to their interests.
Age Group
High School Students
Learning Time
6-8 hours of working time, depending on research depth, concept development, and pitch preparation.
Student Output
Students develop a sustainability proposal for the aviation industry and present their ideas through a 3-5 minute pitch supported by slides, aircraft concepts, campaign ideas & or sustainability solutions.
Delivery Format
1 x 13 page downloadable PDF document. This can be used digitally or printed.
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What's Included
Upon purchasing this challenge pack you will receive a link to download the 13 page workbook as a digital PDF file. You can either complete the pack digitally, or print it and complete it with pen and paper.
The activities in this challenge pack include:
Challenge Introduction: Overview of sustainability challenges facing global aviation
Background Information: Industry sustainability initiatives, sustainable aviation fuel and waste reduction examples
Judging Criteria: Clear success criteria for final student solutions
User Personas: Three aviation stakeholders with different needs and frustrations
Challenge 1 – Future Aircraft Design: Designing a more sustainable aircraft and fuel strategy
Challenge 2 – Sustainable In-Flight Solutions: Reducing waste across meals, materials, uniforms and aircraft operations
Challenge 3 – Awareness Campaign: Creating a public campaign to promote sustainable aviation initiatives
Stimulus Pages: Curated case studies, airline innovations, and sustainability examples
Pitch Page: Guidance for preparing a final 3–5 minute presentation
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