Debt-Laden Industry Struggles To Pursue Greener Next-Gen Aircraft

Guy Norris Thierry Dubois Graham Warwick Jens Flottau December 11, 2020
Delft Technical University’s Flying V concept
Delft Technical University’s Flying V concept is for an aircraft the size of an Airbus A350 that uses 20% less fuel.
Credit: NASA
More than ever in recent history, the commercial aerospace industry faces a dilemma. To ensure its future, it must achieve a transformational improvement in environmental performance, and it must start that expensive work now. Yet the industry’s perilous financial state, caused by the novel...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe. Thierry is also the editor-in-chief of Aviation Week’s ShowNews. 

Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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