Sustainability

By Bill Carey
Ambitious goals for SAF in aviation are running up against supply limitations.
Emerging Technologies

By Linda Blachly
IATA continues to call on governments to put into place large-scale incentives to rapidly expand the use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
The airline industry has long clamored for air traffic management to improve and contribute 10% to the sector’s sustainability endeavor.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Orloff
4AIR is helping operators monitor their potential obligations to aircraft emissions reporting requirements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airlines are focusing on SAF as the most realistic short-term solution for cutting their emissions, but supply and certification present challenges.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The Energia family is a concept series of propeller-driven aircraft, powered by cleaner technologies such as hybrid-electric and hydrogen-electric propulsion.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
The UK Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded Altalto Immingham a grant of up to £27 million from the department’s Advanced Fuels Fund for a SAF project.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois
After agreement on emissions trading for aviation, sustainable aviation fuels remain in focus.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois, Helen Massy-Beresford, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick, Angus Batey
Airbus, Air France, CFM, Rolls-Royce, Universal Hydrogen and other major players are executing long-term radical sustainability plans.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Orloff
Azzera is a new provider of carbon offsetting and compliance solutions for business aviation, and has been quite busy since launching at EBACE 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA estimates that sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production will reach at least 300 million liters in 2022—a 200% increase on 2021’s 100 million liters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
The EU’s Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on revising the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
IATA is look for a new senior vice president to handle the environment and sustainability brief after Sebastian Mikosz left the organization.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Virgin Atlantic plans to buy 10 million U.S. gal. per annum of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), to be produced by Gevo and supplied by Delta Air Lines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau
Airbus is concerned the industry is not moving fast enough toward its net zero target and is shifting focus to hydrogen fuel cell tests.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
JetBlue has signed an MOU to purchase at least 92 million gal. of blended SAF over five years from Fildelis New Energy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Modified Cessna Skymaster plays key role in Canadian low-emission aviation program research effort.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
A twofold specific energy improvement is sought in batteries, seen as the weak link so far in a hybrid-electric architecture.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The French government is seeking to reduce carbon emissions by moving short-haul domestic trips from air to rail.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
The formula for a net-zero aviation fuel that would pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere when burned has been developed by researchers.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
France has welcomed a European Commission announcement that the country can legally ban domestic flights for which there is a rail alternative of under 2.5 hrs.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau, Thierry Dubois
Airbus Summit attendees were urged to focus on the emerging problems of hydrogen leakage and a lack of standards, applicable also to sustainable aviation fuels.
Emerging Technologies

By Angus Batey
Bombardier formally opened a 22-bay MRO facility here Nov. 30 as the airframer ramps up worldwide support for its range of increasingly large aircraft.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
Near-term opportunities include using off-gases from ethanol plants to produce SAF and mineralizing captured CO2 to produce aggregates for use in infrastructure
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The agreement focuses in particular on Ryanair’s largest bases such as Dublin and London Stansted.
Airlines & Lessors