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The £5 million study covers the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area during two winters, involving hundreds of flights.","category":"Climate","area":"United Kingdom","publishedAt":"2026-08-18T15:46:36.505Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-18T14:22:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T15:46:36.505Z","readTime":"5 min read","scores":{"trust":78,"critic":85,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"AP report provides named sources, documents, and figures; 21 digests corroborate.","critic":"All affected parties quoted or given right of reply in AP report.","hype":"Headlines and digests are measured and proportionate."}},"tags":["#AviationClimateImpact","#ContrailReduction","#UKClimatePolicy","#GoogleAITrial","#ShanwickAirspace"],"entities":["UK government","Google","Shanwick Oceanic Control Area","Operation Blue Skies","Keir Mather","Paul Hodgson"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Operation Blue Skies is a 30-month trial testing whether minor altitude adjustments can reduce aviation contrails, which contribute 1% to 2% of global warming.","The UK government is funding over half of the £5 million ($6.76 million) study, covering the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area in the northeastern Atlantic during two winters.","Hundreds of flights will deviate up to 2,000 feet on 20 to 40 test days per winter to avoid contrail formation, coordinated through air traffic control.","The consortium includes Google, the UK Department for Transport, the Met Office, NATS, Contrails.org, Imperial College London, and the University of Cambridge."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The UK government and Google have launched a 30-month trial called Operation Blue Skies to test whether minor altitude adjustments can reduce aviation contrails. The trial covers the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, a busy corridor for flights between Europe and North America. Contrails, the white lines formed by ice crystals around engine soot particles, trap heat and contribute to global warming."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The study will run during two winters, with 20 to 40 test days each year. Air traffic controllers will instruct hundreds of flights to deviate up to 2,000 feet to avoid areas where contrails are likely to form. The UK government is funding more than half of the £5 million ($6.76 million) project. The consortium includes Google, the UK Department for Transport, the Met Office, NATS, Contrails.org, Imperial College London, and the University of Cambridge."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Contrails account for 1% to 2% of global warming, according to Contrails.org. The Shanwick airspace is responsible for about 5% of the total contrail impact, with a significant portion occurring during winter. The trial aims to demonstrate whether contrail avoidance can be scaled across an entire flight corridor."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned the £5 million cost of the trial or the UK government’s funding contribution. The centre-rated digests did not report the number of test days per winter or the specific altitude adjustments of up to 2,000 feet. 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