Aviation Daily Roundup: September 25, 2023

German green hydrogen production startup HH2E has signed an agreement with DHL Group and energy company Sasol aimed at building a production facility for power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) in eastern Germany.

United Airlines is seeking to obtain a slot pair for Tokyo Haneda airport being relinquished by Delta Air Lines and a slot pair held by Hawaiian Airlines to launch flights from Houston and Guam to Tokyo Haneda.

Niger’s military regime has closed the country’s airspace to French aircraft, French media reported, citing a message published by the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA).

European airlines could face new hand-luggage regulations—affecting the size of bags allowed on board and the ancillary fees that can be charged—after a European Parliament committee backed a draft resolution calling for greater hand-luggage transparency and consistency as a passenger right.
 

Air Canada will not add Boeing 777 freighters to its fleet, a decision included in the airline’s order for 18 787-10 widebody jets.

Air France-KLM sees partnerships with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producers helping boost production of the still-scarce fuels, with the recent vote to approve European blending mandates seen as a good start to boosting the fledgling industry.  

As Safran looks for a site to create a fourth carbon brake factory, energy costs are still complicating the equation, thus far keeping the company away from its initial choice in France.