Sustainability

Commercial aircraft engine lessor Willis Lease Finance Corp. plans to develop a power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in northeast England.

Already chasing a step-change in fuel-burn reduction of between 20-25%, engine-makers face the additional challenge of developing adaptable propulsion systems.

Sakowin has made progress toward producing hydrogen from methane.

The company will now finalize the design for certification of the powertrain and its installation on the initial application, Cessna’s Caravan.

Jacobo Mesta, CEO of Mexico-based Soisa Aircraft Interiors, discusses the current state of retrofit demands and how the company sources aftermarket partners.

A special focus was given in Montreal to financing, including the importance of blended finance and the role of public and private institutions.

As a warmer climate means more energy in the atmosphere, turbulence can be expected to grow.

U.S. startup Alder Fuels has begun the demonstration-scale production of renewable crude oil at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.

Dale Vince, the founder of renewable energy firm Ecotricity, is planning to launch Edinburgh-based Ecojet in early 2024.

IATA has released digital tools that it says helps airports estimate carbon dioxide emissions produced from construction projects.

Air China has completed the country’s first uptake of sustainable aviation fuel in a commercial flight with an Airbus A350-900 flying from Hangzhou to Beijing.

Twelve broke ground on a power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Moses Lake on July 11.

Listen in as top aviation lawyer Ken Quinn shares his thoughts on what it will take to make air transport carbon net-zero.

Fuels and oils producer Calumet says its Montana Renewables facility is now the largest producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the U.S.

Sikorsky’s tailsitter eVTOL; X-59 on the flight line; autonomous in Alaska; and unlocking biomass for SAF.

Aging fleets, cargo conversions and sustainability initiatives are driving life-extension MRO work for older turboprops.

The scheme will increase the number of flights London Gatwick is able to handle by around 35%.

The station will mark the first public refueling site for vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells in Ontario.

French company Haffner Energy has introduced a process designed to enable SAF production from almost any kind of biomass and organic waste.

Two companies—Channel Infrastructure and Fortescue Future Industries—intend to start eSAF production at the Marsden Point refinery in New Zealand.

A hydrogen-powered Islander is just the start of a series of zero-emission aircraft planned by Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Britten-Norman.

Under the SkyFuelH2 project, the companies plan to build a first-of-its-kind plant for SAF production at Langsele in Solleftea, Sweden.

Aviation accounts for about 1% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions, most of them from medium- and long-haul flights.

Reaping the benefit of decades of hydrogen-related research, Cranfield is expanding its work across aerospace applications of this zero-carbon fuel option.

The UK government announced a package of reforms that tighten July 3, including a phased removal of free carbon allowances for aviation in 2026.