The airline industry is now aiming for a net-zero emissions target to be reached by 2050. Take a look at some of the things countries are doing to help reach that target.
Even while the entire airline industry is under immense financial stress, investor and corporate customer demands are intensifying for clarity around the airlines’ plans to reduce their emissions further.
Safran has invested in Ineratec, a German startup developing technology for the production of carbon-neutral synthetic fuels using renewable energy and recycled CO2.
Marty Kretchman, Signature Flight Support’s senior vice president of operations planning, talks with BCA Editor Lee Ann Shay about its sustainable aviation fuel projections, as well as its book & claim program.
More sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plants are being announced in the U.S. and Middle East as energy companies respond to commitments from airlines to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
LanzaJet has secured financing to complete construction of the world’s first alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant with a $50 million investment from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.
Environmental regulations for aviation, such as mandates to use sustainable aviation fuel mandates and hydrogen technology certification, should be backed by an international framework set out by ICAO, a French parliamentary report says.
Zero-emissions propulsion developer ZeroAvia has selected Paine Field as the location for a flight research center to support development of a hydrogen-electric powertrain for the De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.
Targeting increased supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), specialty chemicals heavyweight Johnson Matthey has introduced a technology to enable the cost-efficient production of synthetic crude oil on scales from small to large.
While Airbus and the European industry are accelerating research and technology work to replace current aviation fuels with hydrogen, experts in atmospheric science and propulsion are debating the contrail potential of the zero-carbon fuel.
With sustainability a key focus for the business aviation industry, six entities took part in a pilot scheme during the second half of 2021 intended to create a new sector-wide-applicable standards and training system.
Denmark’s government has set the goal of all domestic aviation being fossil-free by 2030, potentially through a combination of sustainable aviation fuel and electric and hydrogen propulsion.
