Sustainability

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].

Repairs and recycling of aircraft cabin composite materials are complicated, but their sustainability and economic benefits provide opportunities.

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?

Times Aerospace Events will host the second Aviation India and South Asia Summit and Exhibition from 29-30 October 2025 at the JW Marriott, Aero City, New Delhi.

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.

Readers write about next-generation fighters, future widebodies and the feasibility of hydrogen propulsion in aviation.

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.

SolitAir, the UAE’s dedicated cargo-agnostic airline, has selected TrustFlight’s Safety, Quality, and Risk Management platform, Centrik 5.

Vivo Energy Morocco and Royal Air Maroc (RAM) have launched the first flight connecting Morocco and Europe with sustainable fuel.

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.

Red Sea Global (RSG) has entered a deal to bring Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) to the Kingdom for the first time.

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.