Sustainability

Italian civil aviation authority ENAC has secured a regulatory change, making it easier for airports to use their land for sustainable energy production.

The carrier says $3.50 from each of its 152M passengers in 2022 would cover the design and construction of a refinery capable of producing 40M gal. of SAF/year.

The converted aircraft lifted off at 8:41 a.m. Pacific time and landed back after a 15-min. flight.

For the time being, in high-end seats, environmental considerations have yet to displace passenger wellbeing as the main design driver.

The company is one of seven to submit an application for the FBO lease at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (ASE) in Aspen, Colorado.

Startup The Air Co. plans to demonstrate a mobile synthetic fuel production plant.

Ireland’s EirTrade Aviation is claiming a world first, after announcing plans to disassemble two 10-year-old Boeing 787-8s over the coming three months.

With Australia’s abundance of land and access to solar energy, Airbus believes the continent could become a “world leader” in the production of green hydrogen.

Predicting contrails, fuel from manure, solid-state batteries, and racing eVTOL.

Bell is claiming to be the first OEM to fly a single-engine rotorcraft using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Honeywell UOP sees Asia-Pacific as a potential key region to supply biomass feedstock or even produce SAF using biomass products.

The U.S. Energy Department’s ARPA-E has announced up to $10 million in funding to develop an Aviation Contrail Predictive System.

Investment in the future and customer personalization are central to Lufthansa strategy.

If a new research project is successful, manure could be converted to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Projects to develop electrified propulsion for single-aisle commercial aircraft enter their second phase at ARPA-E.

Can rail operators and airlines—traditionally more competitors than partners—really work together to help cut emissions?

Among other initiatives, Riga Airport will build a solar park to help power its facilities.

Birmingham Airport is aiming to become the first in the UK to operate commercial zero-emission hydrogen-fueled flights with ZeroAvia.

ITW GSE is pushing its gate-mounted electrical units and Nissan Leaf battery-powered GPUs as the answer to both sustainability targets and labor shortages.

Airbus has received approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) near-term reduction targets.

Can European airline tie-ups with rail operators help cut emissions?

The modified Tech TP technology demonstrator has completed ground tests at Safran Helicopter Engines in Tarnos, France.

Modern said Feb. 15 that it is committed to achieving carbon neutrality for Scope 1 direct and Scope 2 indirect emissions by 2050.

Boeing has more than doubled its purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to support commercial operations in the U.S.

Several airlines have placed orders for electric and hybrid-electric aircraft, but how will they be integrated? Early clues are beginning to emerge.