Sustainability

The effort is part of the EU-China Aviation Partnership Project.

U.S. Air Force is approaching sustainability as a mission requirement, with reduced fuel use translating to more mission capability.

Under renewed European pressure against fossil fuels, Clean Aviation project sets research and technology framework for coming years.

ATI study concludes green hydrogen is most viable zero-carbon fuel, lays out goals with detailed future airliner concepts.

UK Royal Air Force wants to be net zero by 2040; its counterparts are watching closely.

For several weeks, both the air transport industry—including OEMs—and some EU governments have lobbied for more ambitious targets.

Delta Air Lines has agreed to purchase 75 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) annually from Colorado-based advanced biofuels company Gevo.

Representatives from European and Chinese aviation bodies have identified areas of mutual interest for sustainable aviation, as part of an ongoing

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) momentum is growing.

The carrier scrapped a previous emissions offset program in 2020.

A public-private initiative launched at EU level says it is relevant to focus CO2-minimizing technologies on short- and medium-haul flights—essentially, narrowbodies—because that segment emits most of the industry’s CO2 globally.

Citing the need to loosen Russia’s grip on Europe’s energy supply, Denmark’s government has announced a series of measures to accelerate the production of green fuels from renewable energy, including synthetic e-kerosene for aviation.

Qantas is the latest airline to sign a long-term offtake agreement with U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup Aemetis.

Norway’s air passenger tax could be replaced with a new form of taxation that takes the environmental impact of flying into account.

The Scandinavian country’s exiting air passenger tax looks set to be overhauled.

The Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) has unveiled three zero-carbon airliner concepts developed under the UK government’s FlyZero project which aims to support the accelerated introduction of hydrogen-powered aircraft.

The zero-emission propulsion startup Hydrogen is to locate manufacturing and distribution of its modular hydrogen capsules and assembly of regional-aircraft powertrain retrofit kits at the New Mexico facility.

Can Rolls-Royce restore the Trent 1000’s reputation and arrest a slide of the engine’s aftermarket share on the Boeing 787?

Transport & Environment (T&E), a lobbying association acting at EU level, is recommending curbing business travel as an effective way to slash aviation’s CO2 emissions this decade.

A joint taskforce will assess challenges around green hydrogen regulations, infrastructure and global supply chains, including the production of green hydrogen and the infrastructure needed to support delivery to airports and fuel aircraft.

SAF from sunlight; Rotating detonation engine; Composite cryogenic tank; Turbine weight saving; Dutch electric flight.

Airlines, industry and energy companies in Japan have formed a voluntary organization to promote the domestic production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Production of SAF from many sources other than cooking oil is coming online.

Swiss International Airlines expects to take delivery of carbon-neutral aviation fuel produced using concentrated sunlight in 2023, under a strategic collaboration with Swiss startup Synhelion.

Honeywell UOP is working with China’s Oriental Energy to build a large sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Maoming, Guangdong province.