Sustainability

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Listen in as experts discuss challenging questions for European airline CEOs on sustainability, aviation's 2050 net-zero goal and customer service.

The high costs of power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel are preventing the technology from moving forward.

A coalition of European climate activists are calling for traffic caps to be imposed at five major European airports.

Generally, European LCCs are performing quite well, although this might be expected, given the efficient nature of the way they do business.

After years of negotiations, a tentative deal on European airspace reforms has been reached, but airlines say it is a missed opportunity.

CAeS has released details of the finalized hydrogen fuel cell packing design it is developing for flight tests on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.

For Europe’s Clean Aviation public-private aeronautics research program, time is a raison d’etre.

The UK CAA launched the challenge in November 2023 to help exploit the potential of hydrogen as a zero-emission aviation fuel.

Component MRO providers are expanding battery capabilities and growing their global footprint, including AAR Corp., Antavia and Concorde Battery Corp.

In line with Aviation Week’s MRO Middle East event, this week’s Carbon Analysis looks at Middle Eastern carriers Air Arabia Group, flydubai, Flynas, and Saudia.

Business aviation’s efforts to decarbonize the aerospace ecosystem are considerable, but sector insiders say this too often goes unnoticed.

An industry and FAA partnership forged in 2022 is moving the needle on phasing out 100 Low Lead

Signature Aviation was an early adopter of pumping SAF.

The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has led to a multitude of global dilemmas, flight routing being only one piece of the puzzle.

Slight divergence is seen, but no figures are remarkably low for the full-service national airlines of Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, and Uzbekistan.

Spain is following France in proposing a ban on certain domestic flights in the name of sustainability.

After its ban on several domestic flights the French government has turned its attention to airports.

The government intends to introduce a SAF uplift requirement for airlines that would be funded by a new passenger levy.

Readers write about aircraft production standards, nuclear bomb coverage, AI, private jets, future airliners and radar warning receivers.

Avoiding contrails remains up for debate. Some are already selling tools to carriers. Others argue more work is needed to mature solutions and standards.

The Airport Tracker is an updated inventory of CO2 and air pollution at the world’s biggest airports.

A dozen teams have been selected to develop energy storage systems to enable electrification of regional aircraft with up to 100 seats and ranges up to 700 nm.

European policymakers are preventing business aviation from acquiring SAF credits through the “book-and-claim” accounting mechanism, industry leaders say.

As the Airbus CEO is adamant that hydrogen propulsion is feasible, the Climate Impulse project might do some groundwork for the technology.