Sustainability

Europe resets its ingredients to achieve carbon net zero as the mission gets more complicated.

LCC easyJet is targeting reductions in airport apron fuel consumption, carbon emissions and noise following a successful trial to eliminate the use of aircraft auxiliary power units [APU].

Less than four years after boldly pledging to reach net zero emissions by 2050, IATA appears to be dropping the target. Is the airline industry abandoning sustainability or just acknowledging reality?

Following on from our Star Alliance analysis, this week’s Carbon Analysis looks at Oneworld airlines Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Oman Air and Royal Air Maroc.

Japan has completed the construction of its first large-scale sustainable aviation fuel facility, which is set to produce 79 million gal. by 2030.

Seaglider prototype debuts, fuel-cell flights, Delta backs BWB, and improving fuel cells.

Net zero—out of reach by the middle of the century ... or is it?

The association questions whether airlines can achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, receiving applause from the industry and criticism from environmental groups

Ronald Lam became Cathay Group CEO in January 2023. He is also chair of Cathay’s LCC, HK Express Airways, and director at John Swire & Sons.

ICAO’s environmental protection committee (CAEP) has come up with a mechanism to track aviation’s progress toward net zero.

Cooling megawatt fuel cells, a hybrid-electric regional jet and a streetwise flying car.

Industry associations sound the alarm over pending judicial action in California related to unleaded avgas for piston-engine aircraft.

The airline industry will have to review its target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, IATA Director General Willie Walsh said.

In contrast with ATR’s parallel hybrid approach to the EVO, Aura Aero is betting on a series hybrid layout involving two turbogenerators.

MTU and Pratt & Whitney want a place on the next narrowbodies developed by Boeing and Airbus. The engine-makers now rule out an open fan.

Arcadia eFuels and LanzaJet have flagged several EU policy discrepancies which are making it harder to get their projects off the ground.

The European aviation sector said the Clean Industrial Deal for decarbonizing the industrial sector is “a positive first step” but urged further action.

This week’s Carbon Analysis looks at a selection of Star Alliance members, namely Air India, Brussels Airlines, Thai Airways International and Turkish Airlines.

ENEOS and Mitsubishi Corporation will jointly conduct a Front End Engineering Design to advance the study of SAF at ENEOS’ Wakayama Plant.

While some radars improve detection of weather-related turbulence, clear air turbulence detection remains difficult. One company looks to negate the phenomenon.

A Munich startup maintains that it can use available technology to develop an electric short-haul aircraft.

Twelve has raised an additional $83 million in funding to build power-to-liquid fuel plants, beginning with its AirPlant One facility in Moses Lake, Washington.

This week, the Carbon Analysis focuses on airlines based in the Caribbean region, namely Air Caraibes, Caribbean Airlines, InterCaribbean Airways and WINAIR.

Europe needs investment to drive much-needed growth in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) volumes, the European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said.

Two stakeholder groups—Project SkyPower and the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Institute (SAFII)—have detailed separate plans to accelerate the roll out of SAF.