Kolios, Athanasios J.Howe, StuartAsproulis, NikolaosSalonitis, KonstantinosShehab, EssamBall, Peter D.Tjahjono, Benny2014-01-302014-01-302013-09-02Kolios A, Howe S, Asproulis A, Salonitis K. Environmental impact assessment of the manufacturing of a commercial aircraft. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Manufacturing Research: Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXVII: 19-20 September 2013, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, UK.97819074230http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/8211This paper documents the methodology and presents the results of a comprehensive LCA study of an Airbus A320 commercial airliner to determine the relative environmental impact of its manufacturing phase. The study was conducted in accordance with ISO 14040/44 using SimaPro LCA software, the EcoInvent inventory database and Eco-Indicator 99 weighting method, which allows the analysis to be outputted in a single score representing a number of damage models including damage to human health, ecosystem quality or resource depletion. Results indicate CFRP wings to have the most significant contribution to the overall environmental impact as a proportion to mass.en-UKLCA, Aviation, Airliners.Conference paper