Sustainability

Carbon recycling company LanzaTech and SAF producer LanzaJet have launched an alternative to using technology to convert waste into liquid fuels.

A pilot plant has produced its first quantities of CO2-neutral SAF but warns a reduction in flying still is needed to cut the carbon footprint.

Flydubai has received the “Outstanding Sector Leadership and Growth” award at the MEA Business Achievement Awards.

Airbus is conducting a flight-test campaign to study the water vapor exhaust from a hydrogen fuel cell system to understand if it will create a contrail.

Turkish Airlines has been honoured with the “Most Sustainable Flag Carrier Airline” award by World Finance.

Breakthrough Energy, a consortium of aviation stakeholders including seven airlines, is seeking EU funding for a large-scale contrail mitigation trial.

Lufthansa plans to introduce a surcharge to its flights to help offset the growing costs of complying with environmental legislation.

The UK petroleum giant is scaling back plans to develop new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production projects in Europe and the U.S.

The airframer projects it will reach historic E-Jet peak production in a few years, while studies for a larger narrowbody include wing and fuselage concepts.

Safran has made an investment in Estuaire, a Paris-based start-up company offering software tools to measure aviation's climate impact.

GE’s small hybrid core; on-site hydrogen on demand; 3D-printing magnesium; and very-low-orbit space tracker.

Emirates has explained how its pilots reduce fuel and emissions during operations.

There are opportunities for Africa to cleaner SAF which will need to be indigenously produced to be truly sustainable. By Omar Ali Adib, Rolls-Royce senior vice president, Africa.

ANCEN has been created to share “objective, timely, consensual, and credible technical advice” on the non-CO2 effects of aviation, EASA said.

The warning came on the same day as U.S. SAF producer Gevo said that the strains of corn it processes could provide both SAF and animal feed.

Organizations representing business aviation hailed the formation of a bipartisan “sustainable aviation” caucus in the U.S. Congress.

This week’s Carbon Analysis focuses on a selection of Star Alliance airlines, namely, Avianca, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines and United Airlines.

Energy-storing structure; load-optimized cabin walls; Europe’s flying ship project; and solar fuels take a step forward.

Business aviation can—and should—decarbonize faster than commercial aviation, according to the director of Paris’ business aviation-focused airport, Le Bourget.

A successful demonstration of the first unmanned air taxi trial in Mecca is said to pave the way for future implementation of smart mobility solutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The party has committed to promoting SAF and encouraging airspace modernization should its leader Keir Starmer be elected prime minister.

Emirates has started to take in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for its flights out of Singapore Changi Airport, its first SAF investment in Asia.

Emirates has begun using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) as part of its fuel agreement with Neste on flights departing from Singapore Changi Airport.

CDB Aviation says it is making rapid progress in changing over its fleet to less-polluting aircraft.

Even people working in the sector are making different choices for environmental reasons.