New Zealand regional airline Sounds Air has confirmed its launch orders with Swedish startup Heart Aerospace for an initial three ES-19 electric 19-passenger aircraft.
The U.S. startup’s Electric EEL completed several flights on a representative regional airline route from Kirkwall Airport on the island of Orkney to Wick John O’Groats Airport some 40 mi. away on the Scottish mainland.
Lee Noble, director of NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s Integrated Aviation Systems Program, recently updated the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics on the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration effort.
UK startup Electric Aircraft Group (EAG) has secured an investment from Irish regional airline CityJet to advance its plans to develop a hydrogen-electric 90-seat regional aircraft for entry into service in 2030.
U.S. agriculture and biofuel organizations have urged the U.S. Congress to base a proposed tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel on the most updated and accurate lifecycle carbon assessment methods and not the modeling used by the ICAO.
The Singapore government is currently reviewing a feasibility study developed alongside industry players on mixing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with conventional jet fuel in a bid to increase the uptake of SAF in the island state.
Startup Regent plans to have a piloted 12-passenger seaglider on the market by 2025 as a replacement for seaplanes and water taxis, followed by a 50-passenger vehicle that the company sees replacing not only ferries, but regional turboprops and jets.
Avelo, an all-Boeing 737 Next Generation-series operator, plans to tap its flight data and GE’s repository of algorithms to monitor and improve its operation across the board.
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects ranging from the capture of atmospheric carbon dioxide to processing of sewage have been shortlisted for funding under a UK government contest designed to promote alternative fuel production technologies at commercial scale.
It is high time for ICAO to integrate climate concerns into its statutes, otherwise little progress can be expected at its next general meetings, the French air and space academy (AAE) says.
In France a wide-ranging study is underway to model how climate change is going to affect commercial air transport, from takeoff performance to airport submersion and leisure travel demand.
The technical collaboration with Deutsche Aircraft is the first to be announced to involve the use of Universal Hydrogen’s capsules in an aircraft with another company’s hydrogen propulsion system.
A Los Angeles-based commuter airline plans to purchase up to 150 Cessna Grand Caravan EX turboprops from Textron Aviation with plans to convert them into hybrid-electric aircraft for commercial air travel.
Europe's latest plans to drastically cut carbon emissions hammer home that the EU is serious about its sustainability agenda and that industries, including aviation, better get used to the idea.
