Sustainability

Four industry leaders held a panel at the 2023 NBAA Maintenance Conference to discuss the future of sustainability for maintenance personnel.

The parent company of UK leisure carrier Jet2.com has invested in a new SAF production plant in Northwest England.

The technology of thermoplastic composites is coming closer to enabling higher production rates, as well as improved aircraft and engine designs.

Batteries offer the lowest overall energy requirement, but alone cannot power most aircraft classes out to 2070, Atkins says.

German companies Lufthansa Technik and BASF say the surface technology will achieve more efficiency gains and a CO2 emission reduction of up to 3%.

Aviation industry and environmental campaigners welcome ReFuelEU accord but stress the need for further progress.

They join the Global 7500 and Challenger 3500 as Bombardier EPD-designated business jets.

All ANA flights operating to and from Hiroshima between May 1 and May 31 will fly using fuel fully offset by carbon credits.

Dubbed an "Explorer" aircraft, the 787-10 is the first of a planned series of additional test platforms which Boeing will use to focus on specific technologies.

American Airlines CEO Robert Isom likes to describe his company’s sustainability philosophy as an “all-of-the-above” approach.

Industry needs a reversal of R&D tax amortization and passage of FAA and defense authorization bills.

A California county’s prohibition of leaded avgas at Reid-Hillview Airport ignited a slow-moving nationwide transition to unleaded fuel.

Editors discuss the rising number of formal greenwashing allegations leveled at airlines and how they can effectively communicate their sustainability efforts.

The new EU rules require jet fuel supplied at EU airports to blend sustainable aviation fuels with kerosene in increasing amounts from 2025.

Pittsburgh International Airport has received $1.4 million via the FAA’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) grant program.

Norwegian has teamed with Norsk e-Fuel to build a plant, while Wizz Air says it is investing $6.2 million in biofuel company Firefly.

Aero tow concept aims to provide zero-emission range extension for electric, hydrogen and modified conventional regional and single-aisle airliners.

Condensed-matter battery; DLR’s sustainable designs; Bivalent hydrogen engine; and Subscale cargo UAV flies.

London Heathrow Airport will work with Mott MacDonald to meet its near and long-term emissions-reduction targets.

When Safran became a minority shareholder in Ineratec, the intent was to understand the technology from the inside.

The Royal Air Force’s Project Monet could open the door to Swift’s success as a military training aircraft.

Two massive projects to produce billions of gal. of renewable transportation fuels have been announced in Brazil and Spain.

The FAA has chosen a “sustainable” design for new air traffic control towers that will serve mainly municipal and smaller airports.

A project has been launched to develop a concept for a center of excellence to help industry embrace liquid hydrogen as a fuel for aviation.

Innovations from the aerospace industry are helping to monitor, manage and mitigate climate change.