Sustainability

Airlines are rethinking how to keep passengers comfortable and entertained.

Industry says new legislation aimed at turning decarbonization into a growth driver does not go far enough in supporting green transition.

This week in the Carbon Analysis, SkyTeam's Aerolineas Argentinas, Garuda Indonesia, MEA and TAROM come under the spotlight.

Japan Airlines and Airbus have joined a consortium of three other companies that plans to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Japan.

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].

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.

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

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

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.