Sustainability

Aviation Week Staff
Jeanne Longlune is a 2026 20 Twenties winner and a graduate student at the Technical University of Denmark. Her research focuses on enhancing space safety and sustainability through advanced computational methods for satellite reentry prediction.
Operations & Safety

By Victoria Moores
The UK is negotiating with the European Union about linking their Emissions Trading Systems, both of which include aviation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Moore
In line with Aviation Week’s AeroEngines Europe event in Lisbon this week, the Carbon Analysis turns its attention to some popular narrowbody engine types.
AWIN Knowledge Center

Aviation Week Staff
Katherine Lemke is a 2026 20 Twenties winner and an undergraduate student at Virginia Tech. Her innovative work focuses on advancing sustainable aviation and applied aerospace design through cutting-edge propulsion systems and autonomous vehicle technology.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Moore
WestJet has just completed retrofits on “densified” aircraft to reverse previously increased seating capacity; Carbon Analysis considers this effect and assesses WestJet’s overall efficiency.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Victoria Moores
EU policy changes create uncertainty for eSAF investors, reducing airline incentives and delaying progress on sustainable aviation fuel projects.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The UK government and industry partners, including Google, have launched a large-scale contrail-avoidance trial on flights across the North Atlantic, one of the world’s contrail hot spots.
Emerging Technologies

By William Moore
The Carbon Analysis assesses the effect that Azul’s expanding E2 fleet has had on emissions, as well as analyzing the airline's wider fleet strategy over the past four years.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Guy Norris
The goal of the test campaign was to see if a duct lined with a new Boeing acoustic treatment could maintain noise parity with the current 787 design while achieving up to 0.5% better fuel efficiency.
Emerging Technologies

By Keith Mwanalushi
AFI KLM E&M is seeing OEM component design trends that limit repair options and increase reliance on replacement.
MRO

By William Moore
Panama's Copa has taken on six MAX 8s this year, some having been delivered weeks ahead of schedule; Carbon Analysis looks at the effect of the additional MAX 8s on efficiency.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Guy Norris
With the Leap engine fleet growing twice as fast as that of the CFM56, CFM is focused on upgrades and production as single-aisle demand continues unabated.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By William Moore
With Frontier Airlines considered a highly efficient airline, often used as a benchmark, Carbon Analysis examines its fleet strategy and future efficiency potential.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Alan Dron
Lufthansa Technik has begun trials of an updated form of its AeroShark fuel-saving aircraft coating, with its installation on a Lufthansa City Airlines A319.
Emerging Technologies

By Karen Walker
Willie Walsh reflects on IATA’s challenges, Boeing’s turnaround and the airline industry’s path to net zero as he prepares to lead IndiGo.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
With its long-awaited plans to reform the EU’s emissions trading system finally in the open, the European Commission has managed to disappoint both the airline industry and environmental campaigners.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
European Commission proposals include extending the EU Emissions Trading System to a 5,000-km range.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Moore
BermudAir plans to take on 10 Airbus A220-300s; Carbon Analysis considers the effect this will have on the young airline's efficiency.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Victoria Moores
ATR explores hybrid-electric and all-thermal engines for its EVO program, aiming for 20% efficiency gains while waiting for technology to mature.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
UK zero-emission flights; Sikorsky VTOL Nomad; autonomous freighters; and hybrid-power cargo eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Zero Emissions Aerospace (ZeAero%) plans to retrofit a Cessna Caravan with liquid hydrogen fuel cells, targeting zero-emission propulsion and a 400 nm range.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
UK air navigation service provider NATS plans to stage a major contrail management trial later this year.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
ATW speaks with Firefly Green Fuels co-founder and CEO James Hygate, who is working on a project to transform human sewage into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By William Moore
In line with the Farnborough International Airshow taking place this week, the Carbon Analysis studies some major European Airline groups.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Victoria Moores
Airbus and Air Canada are partnering on a new C$13.7 million ($9.8 million) investment platform to support the Canadian sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) ramp up.
Airlines & Lessors