Rescuers recovered China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735’s flight data recorder March 27, and investigators are encouraged that damage to the unit will not prevent it from yielding valuable clues that will help explain what brought the aircraft down.

Infrastructure consultancy Aecom has partnered with wastewater processing company Genifuel to scale up the production of a carbon-neutral sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from algal blooms and sewage sludge.

As an immediate priority action, the Canberra government should create a high-level Jet Council to accelerate the development of a domestic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry in Australia, a new report has recommended.

The UK’s Cranfield Aerospace Solutions has secured £10.5 million ($13.8 million) in investment from HydrogenOne Capital Growth and Safran to develop hydrogen fuel-cell electric propulsion for aviation.

The Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) Airbus A320 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft has attained EASA supplemental type certificate, around three months after the aircraft conducted its first flight.

Amid sanctions triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine, many short-term and medium-term initiatives are in play to keep industry going.

ATI study concludes green hydrogen is most viable zero-carbon fuel, lays out goals with detailed future airliner concepts.

European OEMs and equipment suppliers are studying various configurations for the use of hydrogen on board, before embarking on hydrogen propulsion and ultra-efficient aircraft programs in the 2027-2029 time frame.