Sustainability

Leaders of the Eliminate Aviation Gasoline Lead Emissions (EAGLE) initiative discussed avgas July 24 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

Comac Times (Shanghai) Aviation has been set up to supply aerospace components and batteries as China looks to develop electrically powered aircraft.

NASA has signed a new cooperative agreement with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to extend work on a zero-emission aircraft propulsion concept.

Commercial aircraft engine lessor Willis Lease Finance Corp. plans to develop a power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in northeast England.

Already chasing a step-change in fuel-burn reduction of between 20-25%, engine-makers face the additional challenge of developing adaptable propulsion systems.

Sakowin has made progress toward producing hydrogen from methane.

The company will now finalize the design for certification of the powertrain and its installation on the initial application, Cessna’s Caravan.

Jacobo Mesta, CEO of Mexico-based Soisa Aircraft Interiors, discusses the current state of retrofit demands and how the company sources aftermarket partners.

A special focus was given in Montreal to financing, including the importance of blended finance and the role of public and private institutions.

As a warmer climate means more energy in the atmosphere, turbulence can be expected to grow.

U.S. startup Alder Fuels has begun the demonstration-scale production of renewable crude oil at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado.

Dale Vince, the founder of renewable energy firm Ecotricity, is planning to launch Edinburgh-based Ecojet in early 2024.

IATA has released digital tools that it says helps airports estimate carbon dioxide emissions produced from construction projects.

Air China has completed the country’s first uptake of sustainable aviation fuel in a commercial flight with an Airbus A350-900 flying from Hangzhou to Beijing.

Jazeera Airways has launched its first sustainability report, “Flying Green – a Step towards Sustainable Aviation."

Twelve broke ground on a power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in Moses Lake on July 11.

Etihad Airways and UK aerospace company, Satavia, have signed a contract that aims to dramatically reduce atmosphere-warming contrails.

Listen in as top aviation lawyer Ken Quinn shares his thoughts on what it will take to make air transport carbon net-zero.

Fuels and oils producer Calumet says its Montana Renewables facility is now the largest producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the U.S.

Textron Aviation has been awarded a contract by AvMet International for a Beechcraft King Air 360CHW (cargo door, heavy weight) and four Beechcraft King Air 260 aircraft to support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s National Center for Meteorology programme for cloud seeding.

Sikorsky’s tailsitter eVTOL; X-59 on the flight line; autonomous in Alaska; and unlocking biomass for SAF.

Aging fleets, cargo conversions and sustainability initiatives are driving life-extension MRO work for older turboprops.

The scheme will increase the number of flights London Gatwick is able to handle by around 35%.

The station will mark the first public refueling site for vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells in Ontario.

French company Haffner Energy has introduced a process designed to enable SAF production from almost any kind of biomass and organic waste.