Sustainability

Emirates officially joined Cambridge’s Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA) group as an industrial partner in May.

According to Fokker Services Group (FSG), the facility is used for component maintenance for major airlines.

Three years on from their commitment, airlines are frustrated, particularly over the hurdles to greater sustainable aviation fuel uptake.

This week’s Carbon Analysis takes a trip with some European leisure carriers, namely Condor, Jet2, SunExpress and TUI Airways.

A clear takeaway from the sustainability panel at the inaugural Aviation India Summit 2024 in mid-June is that one of the fastest growing air transport markets in the world right now has a dilemma.

Cryo-compressed hydrogen; Nullforming antenna; Contrail mitigation; Condensed battery flies.

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.