Aviation Daily Roundup: Oct. 11. 2022

The latest study on the aviation industry’s sustainability efforts, commissioned by NGO Carbon Market Watch, says European airlines are misleading consumers with claims of carbon-neutral flying.

Hong Kong’s air hub will be unable to return to its pre-pandemic glory as long as China remains closed to the world, according to Philip Goh, IATA’s head of the Asia-Pacific region.

U.S. regional air travel provider Surf Air Mobility has agreed to the main terms of a $450 million deal with leading turboprop lessor Jetstream Aviation Capital to fund the growth and electrification of its aircraft fleet.

Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) and Solvay hosted the opening of Solvay’s new Manufacturing Innovation Center within NIAR's facility in a former Boeing facility in south Wichita. 

Wizz Air is considering additional Air Operator’s Certificates (AOCs) to manage its operational airline units. 

Boeing delivered 51 aircraft in September, matching June’s total as the highest monthly figure in 2022 as both 737 MAX and 787 deliveries trended upward. 

Pilots at Southwest Airlines have thrown their support behind Boeing’s effort to obtain more time to certify the 737-7 and 737-10 without adding modern crew-alerting capabilities, ahead of a crucial end-of-year deadline that could jeopardize the future of the smallest and largest members of the 737 MAX family.

With feedstock availability likely to be a challenge to the U.S. target of producing 3 billion gal. per year of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030, Honeywell UOP has launched a process that will enable aviation to tap into existing large-scale ethanol production capacity.

Raytheon Technologies has made a minority investment in Swiss electric propulsion startup H55, a technology spinoff from the Solar Impulse solar-powered, around-the-world aircraft project.