Sustainability

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.

Emirates officially joined Cambridge’s Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA) group as an industrial partner in May.

According to Fokker Services Group (FSG), the facility is used for component maintenance for major airlines.

Three years on from their commitment, airlines are frustrated, particularly over the hurdles to greater sustainable aviation fuel uptake.

This week’s Carbon Analysis takes a trip with some European leisure carriers, namely Condor, Jet2, SunExpress and TUI Airways.

Cryo-compressed hydrogen; Nullforming antenna; Contrail mitigation; Condensed battery flies.

Carbon recycling company LanzaTech and SAF producer LanzaJet have launched an alternative to using technology to convert waste into liquid fuels.

A pilot plant has produced its first quantities of CO2-neutral SAF but warns a reduction in flying still is needed to cut the carbon footprint.

Airbus is conducting a flight-test campaign to study the water vapor exhaust from a hydrogen fuel cell system to understand if it will create a contrail.

Breakthrough Energy, a consortium of aviation stakeholders including seven airlines, is seeking EU funding for a large-scale contrail mitigation trial.

Lufthansa plans to introduce a surcharge to its flights to help offset the growing costs of complying with environmental legislation.

The UK petroleum giant is scaling back plans to develop new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production projects in Europe and the U.S.

The airframer projects it will reach historic E-Jet peak production in a few years, while studies for a larger narrowbody include wing and fuselage concepts.

Safran has made an investment in Estuaire, a Paris-based start-up company offering software tools to measure aviation's climate impact.

GE’s small hybrid core; on-site hydrogen on demand; 3D-printing magnesium; and very-low-orbit space tracker.

ANCEN has been created to share “objective, timely, consensual, and credible technical advice” on the non-CO2 effects of aviation, EASA said.

The warning came on the same day as U.S. SAF producer Gevo said that the strains of corn it processes could provide both SAF and animal feed.