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.
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Oct 25, 2024
Widebody airliners remain essential for intercontinental transport, but without new models, an industry built on continuous improvement risks falling behind.
Oct 21, 2024
Drag-reducing wake thruster; superconducting motor for Airbus; autonomy for Anthem flight deck; China’s large tiltrotor.
Oct 21, 2024
This week’s Carbon Analysis looks at the top four European full-service carriers by fleet size: Air France, British Airways, Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines.
Oct 21, 2024
Airlines for Europe members want European Commission support for decarbonization and are frustrated by the faltering of airspace reforms.
Oct 17, 2024
A handful of startups are betting that more efficient electric and hybrid propulsion will open up new markets around the world for water-based aviation.
Oct 17, 2024
Airline interest in the BWB concept grows as the U.S. Air Force-supported JetZero program primes the pump for commercial and military applications.
Oct 16, 2024
Austrian Airlines is trialing the use of hydrogen to power aircraft during maintenance work.
Oct 16, 2024
Deutsche Aircraft and German aerospace center DLR have flown the D328 UpLift testbed for the first time.