Sustainability

Readers write about curbing air travel, airborne lasers, the Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 757 and Mars exploration. Plus: Behind the Scenes at Farnborough and Oshkosh.

Work on a follow-on program to further mature the technologies in Airbus’ Wing of Tomorrow research project is gathering momentum.

Airbus, Air France-KLM, Qantas and a collection of other partners are investing a total of around $200 million in a sustainable aviation fuel financing fund

Indonesia President Joko Widodo is looking to use the country’s massive coconut production as a potential feedstock to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Safran will provide the electrical power generation system for the Boeing X-66A aircraft, which forms part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.

One of the three unleaded fuel candidates being developed for use across the range of piston-engine aircraft is advancing through an FAA testing regime.

“We hope to power their ZEROe,” ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov said on the first day of this year's Farnborough Airshow.

This week we revisit the topic of alliances; the airlines analyzed are Oneworld's Alaska Airlines, Iberia, Royal Jordanian Airlines and SriLankan Airlines.

The newly re-elected European Commission is gearing up for more debate over some all-too familiar issues, with sustainability efforts dominating the discourse.

GA Telesis Engine Services (GATES) will begin using SAF at its engine testing operation, naming cargo airline DHL Express as the product's launch customer.

London Gatwick Airport will be the site of a project to set up key infrastructure to support the future use of hydrogen as an aircraft fuel.

Radia has tapped European aerostructures suppliers Aernnova and Leonardo to develop the airframe for its WindRunner turbine-blade transporter.

The team is set to modify a Cessna Citation VII with a three-part adjustable wing.

The International Council for Clean Transportation concludes that current manufacturer delivery projections are not consistent with the 2050 net-zero target.

Collins Aerospace Ireland is leading an industry consortium to advance the concept of a conforming liquid hydrogen tank.

Concerted effort and broad-based collaboration is required if business aviation is to maintain its social license to operate.

In line with the upcoming Farnborough International Airshow running July 22-26, Carbon Analysis looks at new-gen widebodies such as the A350, A330neo and 787.

New aircraft technologies are being overlooked in the 2050 carbon net-zero quest, startups and researchers say.

Ricardo has been selected by the EASA to lead a consortium in creating the EU’s first SAF clearing house to support industry in scaling up supply.

Industry efforts to improve the recycling of materials from aircraft have gathered pace in recent years.

This week, the Carbon Analysis focuses on engine manufacturers, namely CFM International, International Aero Engines, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce.

At the 2024 IATA Annual General Meeting in Dubai, IATA leadership focused on sustainability and partnership, while questions of supply chain issues lingered.

A group of industry associations is urging the DOT to begin awarding nearly $300 million in grants available for SAF and low-emission aviation technologies.

The biofuels facility in Rotterdam is designed to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel from waste.

As pressure to cut aviation’s environmental impact intensifies, non-CO2 emissions are in the spotlight.