Sustainability: Industry's Next Steps
Even before sustainability climbed up the global agenda, aviation had every incentive to cut its fuel consumption and therefore emissions. Although there has been real progress, there is also much work still to be done, and major challenges lie ahead for aviation.
These challenges will encompass not only new technology, including airframe and propulsion types that will make aviation cleaner and more efficient, but also a host of regulatory hoops through which the aviation community must pass.
Aviation Week Network continues to explore the ongoing initiatives underway.
Latest News & Analysis
Sep 12, 2023
Airport sustainability initiatives are an important part of the industry’s effort to achieve net-zero targets, and government funding is a vital part of the equation.
Sep 12, 2023
The UK government has announced plans for a revenue-certainty program for the SAF industry
Sep 11, 2023
Korean Air has launched a new initiative for reducing the carbon footprint of its air cargo operations by using SAF.
Sep 11, 2023
U.S. Energy Department’s advanced project agency launches aircraft contrail avoidance and high-energy battery projects.
Sep 08, 2023
Planned to begin production in late 2026, the plant will have the capacity to produce 245,000 metric tons of SAF per year.
Sep 08, 2023
Editors discuss NASA’s recent contract awards to study tech for high-speed airliners—and the one supersonic project that is still pushing forward, Boom.
Sep 07, 2023
The $12 million in seed funding will be used by U.S. startup Lydian Labs to bring a pilot plant online in 2024.
Sep 07, 2023
A consortium has released a report outlining how green hydrogen production and aircraft fueling could be developed in New Zealand.