Sustainability

By Thierry Dubois
At stake is avoiding large quantities of CO2 emissions, as cirrus cloud-forming contrails total an estimated one-third of aviation’s harmful climate impact.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kevin Michaels
Boeing’s new leaders would be wise to study GE’s metamorphosis under Larry Culp.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Victoria Moores
“Many people want to travel green, and we have to find a way to make that work," DG MOVE Director General Magda Kopczyńska says.
Sustainability

IATA has released the Reassessing Single Use Plastics Products in the Airline Sector report.
Emerging Technologies

By William Moore
All U.S. Big Four airlines except Southwest are reducing emissions per ASK at a similar rate; Southwest displays low emissions, particularly moving into 2024.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The commission and major sustainable aviation fuel producer send reassurance on mandate volumes.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
The MoU is intended to enable collaboration to identify research, development, demonstration, and deployment opportunities for sustainable aviation technologies
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Demonstrators built under Clean Sky 2, the project’s predecessor, were exhibited at the annual forum as a source of motivation.
Emerging Technologies

By Keith Mwanalushi
The manufacturer aims to use digital tools and technologies to enhance maintenance support for customers.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
Future battlefields with dispersed units and contested logistics are driving DARPA’s new portfolio of disruptive investments.
Emerging Technologies

By William Moore
Looking at Iberia, KLM, and TAP, progress appears to be slowing, apart from ITA/Alitalia, which is working to reduce emissions from a raised level.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
High-speed testbeds make progress; validating a digital twin; non-CO2 emissions road map; power-beamed UAV; SAF via bacteria.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
Southwest Airlines has acquired SAFFiRE Renewables, a corn stover-to-ethanol technology company in which it already holds equity.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Neste’s production alone would cover the European SAF mandate for 2025, the Finland-based fuel producer says.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero is preparing to test a more powerful piston engine from Kawasaki.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
The company says its process could be cost competitive with fossil fuels and even carbon-negative.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
While French innovators are making gradual progress in electric, hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion, they are looking for critical funding.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Molly McMillin
The FAA is awarding $27.2 million in a new round of grants to 11 U.S. universities for research to reduce emissions and noise.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airlines for Europe (A4E) had used their recent annual summit to call for more regulatory support in the region for SAF production.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Moore
Put simply, saving 20% of fuel per flight is redundant if, simultaneously, total flights increase by 20%.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
China’s Sinopec and France's TotalEnergies will jointly establish a sustainable aviation fuel production site in China.
Sustainability

Emirates has commenced the activation of its fuel agreement with Neste this month at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
Airports & Networks

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney engineers are working with the FAA and academia to understand non-CO2 emissions and how 100% SAF could contribute to their reduction.
Sustainability

By Keith Mwanalushi
Satys Aerospace is planning several global expansion projects and investing in an eco-friendly surface treatment technology.
Supply Chain

Riyadh Air has joined the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative.
Emerging Technologies