Sustainability

Demonstrators built under Clean Sky 2, the project’s predecessor, were exhibited at the annual forum as a source of motivation.

The manufacturer aims to use digital tools and technologies to enhance maintenance support for customers.

Future battlefields with dispersed units and contested logistics are driving DARPA’s new portfolio of disruptive investments.

Looking at Iberia, KLM, and TAP, progress appears to be slowing, apart from ITA/Alitalia, which is working to reduce emissions from a raised level.

High-speed testbeds make progress; validating a digital twin; non-CO2 emissions road map; power-beamed UAV; SAF via bacteria.

Southwest Airlines has acquired SAFFiRE Renewables, a corn stover-to-ethanol technology company in which it already holds equity.

Neste’s production alone would cover the European SAF mandate for 2025, the Finland-based fuel producer says.

Hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero is preparing to test a more powerful piston engine from Kawasaki.

The company says its process could be cost competitive with fossil fuels and even carbon-negative.

While French innovators are making gradual progress in electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion, they are looking for critical funding.

The FAA is awarding $27.2 million in a new round of grants to 11 U.S. universities for research to reduce emissions and noise.

Airlines for Europe (A4E) had used their recent annual summit to call for more regulatory support in the region for SAF production.

Put simply, saving 20% of fuel per flight is redundant if, simultaneously, total flights increase by 20%.

China’s Sinopec and France's TotalEnergies will jointly establish a sustainable aviation fuel production site in China.

Pratt & Whitney engineers are working with the FAA and academia to understand non-CO2 emissions and how 100% SAF could contribute to their reduction.

Satys Aerospace is planning several global expansion projects and investing in an eco-friendly surface treatment technology.

The effect operating smaller aircraft has on emissions per ASK is shown in Widerøe’s results, highlighting the importance of also considering total emissions.

The UK has released the first road map for development of technologies to tackle non-CO2 emissions from aviation.

The airline is also introducing a plan to stimulate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) use through staff travel.

Carriers say sustainable aviation fuel mandates are not enough and call for incentives to keep up with the U.S. and other competitors.

The aging aircraft’s final deployment measures air quality in Asia as researchers lament lack of space in its replacement, a Boeing 777-200.

A consortium of UK and European companies have called on the British government to provide additional funding towards making the hydrogen fuel plan a reality.

UK-based LCC easyJet is planning to push for more ambitious action on the Single European Sky (SES) reforms.

European airlines say they need regulatory support and incentives to be able to meet forthcoming European SAF mandates.

Measuring the maturity of a technology before it actually enters the complex and thorny certification pipeline may be decisive for a swift implementation.