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

Aug 30, 2023
A first-of-a-kind coalition includes Delta Air Lines, water treatment company Ecolab, power utility Xcel Energy and Bank of America.
Aug 29, 2023
Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.
Aug 29, 2023
Recipients of the DAIR Green Fund include RAMPF Composite Solutions, which is developing a low-rotational-inertia propeller to extend component life.
Aug 28, 2023
The organization’s new study offers a detailed comparison between alternative sustainable power configurations for an Airbus A380-like airliner.
Aug 24, 2023
Google has become the latest multinational to join a Shell-backed blockchain platform allowing airlines to sell SAF credits to corporate customers.
Aug 24, 2023
The technology is now being gradually applied on Lufthansa’s eleven 777F freighters. 
Aug 23, 2023
Zero-emission propulsion developer ZeroAvia has partnered with UAE renewable energy company Masdar to explore the production and supply of green hydrogen.
Aug 23, 2023
Eurocontrol has released an analysis of the various possibilities airframers might want to consider when designing a green widebody aircraft.