Sustainability

Anticipating the arrival of hydrogen-powered airliners in 2035, Air Liquide and Paris airports operator Groupe ADP have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to create a 50:50 engineering joint venture to help develop hydrogen infrastructure at airports.

As part of aviation’s endeavor to become sustainable, the manufacturers of cabin-related components are looking for composite materials with a smaller environmental footprint, either recyclable or bio-sourced.

The airport will offer a permanent supply in partnership with TotalEnergies.

The deal, valued by manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles as potentially in excess of $600 million, gives Air Nostrum the option of receiving up to 10 of the 100-seat aircraft.

As cabin interiors designers and manufacturers roll out innovative and out-of-the box-thinking, they may not be considering the sustainability and lessor costs at end-of-lease.

The Netherlands’ government has backed a Dutch consortium’s plan to develop a hydrogen-electric propulsion system for retrofit into 40-80-seat regional turboprops.

Thanks to faster life cycles from design to replacement, passenger cabins may lead the way in aviation’s sustainability endeavor, experts said during a panel discussion at the Passenger Experience Conference here on June 13.

Passengers will be willing to pay higher ticket prices to airlines that can demonstrably prove that they are acting in a sustainable manner, design guru Paul Wylde said June 13.

Global aviation can reach near-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but it will require early, aggressive and sustained government intervention that triggers widespread investment in zero-carbon aircraft and fuels, concludes a report by the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

The MRO industry is reducing its environmental footprint in many ways, but needs to do even more.

WestJet and Delta Air Lines among launch group for Aero Design Lab-developed Boeing 737 Next-Gen fuel burn improvement package.

European sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) manufacturers could produce 1.83 million tons of e-kerosene in 2030, saving about 5 million tons of CO2, but it must be of the right type, according to European campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E).

Hawaiian Airlines is partnering with a Hawaii-based energy supply company to investigate the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) locally.

Recent aircraft wheel and brake developments aim for more time on wing and less environmental impact.

With ambitions to be North America’s first zero-emission airline, startup Connect Airlines has placed a firm order with Universal Hydrogen to convert 75 ATR 72-

Singapore Airlines (SIA) and two Singapore government-related organizations are launching a program to sell sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) credits that can be purchased by travelers and other airline customers.

Airbus and LCC Wizz Air have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to study hydrogen-powered aircraft operations.

As sustainability pressures increase, more agreements to produce and consume low-carbon jet fuel are being announced.

Hydrogen is thought to be the future of green aviation. However, storing and transporting the element is tricky.

Singaporean state investment company Temasek has committed an initial $5 billion to launch GenZero, an investment platform dedicated to accelerating decarbonization globally.

Aircraft concepts using hydrogen and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) are in a neck-and-neck race at the midpoint of a German research project to develop designs for climate-neutral commercial airliners that could be operational by 2035.

Southwest Airlines has invested in startup Saffire Renewables as part of a U.S. Energy Department-backed project to produce sustainable available fuel

Bombardier’s EcoJet; Natilus cargo BWB; Lilium’s refined Jet; and FAA/Daedalean on AI.

Europe’s airlines, fresh from the biggest crisis in their history, are facing up to the next big challenge: Fit for 55.

Following up on an MOU signed in October 2021, CRJ certificate holder MHI RJ Aviation Group has agreed to provide engineering services and aircraft integration and certification support for the retrofit of CRJ700 regional jets with ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-electric propulsion system.