“You can get a significant share of passengers only if the train service leads directly into the airport and is considerably less than three hours traveling time,” he tells Aviation Daily in Vienna.
The 10-month trial covered a total of 209 aircraft trajectories during which crews were instructed to change altitude to avoid atmospheric conditions conductive to contrails.
Finnair is planning to resume two of the shortest routes in its network during the summer 2022 season—but also intends to add bus connections to lower the carbon footprint of the services.
Scandinavian Airlines plans to partner with three fuel-sector companies to investigate large-scale production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel in Sweden.
The EC and Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Catalyst have launched the EU-Catalyst partnership to accelerate commercial deployment of technologies to help Europe meet its commitment to reduce its net-carbon emissions 55% by 2030.
DG Fuels is moving ahead with plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Louisiana after receiving funds to meet its cash requirements up to the expected closing on financing for construction, expected by mid-2022.
As world leaders are gathered in Glasgow for the COP26 climate summit, it's time for route development to start embedding sustainability into every decision.
Fuel supplier Q8Aviation has delivered initial supplies of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to London Gatwick Airport, with the initial flight to use it—an easyJet service on Oct. 27.
Startup ZeroAvia has partnered with Mitsubishi’s CRJ support division, MHI RJ Aviation, to develop hydrogen-electric propulsion for regional jets, aiming for market availability in 2028.
As operators expand their go-green efforts, pushback against the use-and-discard pattern that underpins much of the new spare-parts business could grow.
