Sustainability

Flight tests for the first time synchronously measured noise on the ground and on the aircraft.

Ask the Editors: There is room for both and overlap between both, and who will win where will play out over the next decade.

The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) predicts COVID-19 will have a 16% impact on traffic 30 years from now, the group said in a report, “Waypoint

Plans for major technology demonstrators to shape next generation of single-aisle airliner firming up in Europe and U.S.

Aviation’s electric propulsion pioneers are reliving the passion of the formative years of aviation as the push to develop electric and hybrid

Renovation of Europe’s air traffic management (ATM) is progressing at a steady speed but with shifted priorities, as the backers of the Single European Sky Research (SESAR) project manage their budgets amid the pandemic.

High-octane fuel is a threat to 230,000 lightplanes and helicopters.

VoltAero has begun flight-testing the most powerful version of its hybrid-electric power train for regional transportation.

Xyrec is opening a new facility at Port San Antonio, where it plans to further develop its Laser Coating Removal and Automated Paint Robot solutions.

Prismatic’s PHASA-35 high-altitude pseudo-satellite has been fitted with a sensor payload and been taken through simulated cold soak testing to prepare it for stratospheric flight.

The startup describes the flight from Camarillo to Hayward in California as “the longest flight to date for any commercially relevant aircraft employing electric propulsion.”

Abu Dhabi based Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun) has formed a collaboration with Airbus and the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) from the UAE University, to build and develop a Satellite Assembly, Integration and Testing (AIT) Centre.

Airbus’ aggressive schedule for hydrogen-powered aircraft highlights the potential but draws a cautious response from industry.

Automotive fuel cells are taking to the air, but more development is needed to make them suitable for aircraft use.

European Commission plans to incentivize investment on a large scale so hydrogen may contribute to climate goal.

Business aviation is slowly but steadily recognizing the need to adopt sustainable aviation fuel.

SITA is accelerating innovation in air traffic control (ATC) communications as part of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator programme, alongside key industry partners including NASA and long-standing airline customer, Etihad.

Turkey’s brand in airport operations, TAV Airports served 89.1 million passengers in 2019, with a 7% increase compared to the previous year.

Despite much evidence to the opposite, the public’s image of hydrogen in aviation was set by the 1937 Hindenburg fire.

Water vapor from hydrogen-fueled aircraft will generate more contrails, but research is needed to understand persistence and mitigation.

In new analysis released this week, the aviation sector details how it can meet its climate goal of cutting CO2 emissions in half by 2050, compared with 2005. It also highlights that net-zero emissions from air transport across the global could be achieved a decade or so afterwards.

Advanced combustors and new thermodynamic cycles are under study to exploit the energy potential of liquid hydrogen fuel.

Green aviation start-up ZeroAvia has completed the first flight of its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Piper M350 test aircraft.

Swedish startup Heart Aerospace has unveiled the electric propulsion system for its planned 19-seat regional airliner, the ES-19.

The company is making key technology choices early and still has massive challenges ahead: technological, regulatory and in convincing industry partners to participate.