The Future of Air Traffic Management Systems

The density of contrails can be so intense that they can turn into cirrus clouds. Unlike CO2, this water vapor only sticks around for a limited period of time. This means there was a huge opportunity to mitigate global warming impacts by routing planes based on weather patterns and the atmospheric conditions that cause contrails. And such atmospheric conditions exist in aircraft's flight path. Aircraft simply change their altitude, they fly lower, where the temperature is warmer, so it is less likely for them to create contrails. The advanced air traffic management systems that we have today can accommodate these flight path alterations very seamlessly.