Sustainability

Etihad Cargo has extended its MoU with the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT), offering preferential air cargo rates to In-Country Value (ICV)-certified companies.

The agency has awarded study contracts to restart the journey toward sustainable aviation.

Against the backdrop of the COP29 conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, a group of aviation and climate scientists is urging faster action on contrails.

Sustainability drives are increasingly being incorporated into the aircraft teardown process.

The ACC roadmap calls for airlines to trigger demand by including circular material requirements in requests for proposals and material purchase orders.

The creation of so-called green flight paths could have a snowball effect on the promotion, appropriation and production of SAF, a research paper suggests.

This week, the Carbon Analysis looks at the relationship between total CO2 emissions and utilization.

Bird-inspired anti-stall flaps; green flightpaths; deflected-thrust eVTOL; and hydrogen refueling guidelines.

Aerospace industry procurement platforms are aiming to reduce unnecessary part shipments, which could lower carbon emissions.

MHI RJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) and Maeve Aerospace are teaming up for the development of Maeve’s planned M80 80-seat hybrid-electric regional aircraft.

The contracts were awarded to four companies and a university.

Coinciding with Aviation Week’s MRO Australasia event happening this week, the Carbon Analysis focuses on some Australian airlines.

Manufacturers are updating designs to save space, allow easier maintenance and increase sustainability.

New aircraft deliveries will not enable fleet age to decline meaningfully, so OEMs, airlines and the aftermarket must prepare accordingly.

A growing assortment of startups are exploring smaller-scale hydrogen projects with hopes to scale up over time to eventually meet the needs of the mass market.

A California flight school has started fueling its Cessna 172 fleet with Swift Fuels’ 100R aviation gasoline.

Canada backs sustainability research; electric Smartflyer rolls out; NASA’s X-59 fires up engine; and tackling hydrogen engine vibrations.

Xyrec is developing a robotic application in which drag-reducing sharkskin properties could be directly incorporated into aircraft paint.

Gulfstream Aerospace has completed ground emissions testing of 100% neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with zero sulfur on its new Gulfstream G700.

Regulators must step up for airlines to meet net-zero goals.

There are more tools in aviation sustainability’s toolbox beyond SAF.

Pegasus has received the Global Environmental Sustainability Airline of the Year Award at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Asia and Sustainability Awards 2024.

ERA Director General Montserrat Barriga is calling on the EU to add sustainability criteria to regulations that govern public service obligation (PSO) routes.

The show featured a new challenger for broadband inflight connectivity, updates to unconventional aircraft and more.

This week, the Carbon Analysis visits Canada, looking at Air Canada Group, Air Transat, Porter Airlines and WestJet Group.