Sustainability

Airbus is concerned the industry is not moving fast enough toward its net zero target and is shifting focus to hydrogen fuel cell tests.

JetBlue has signed an MOU to purchase at least 92 million gal. of blended SAF over five years from Fildelis New Energy.

Modified Cessna Skymaster plays key role in Canadian low-emission aviation program research effort.

A twofold specific energy improvement is sought in batteries, seen as the weak link so far in a hybrid-electric architecture.

The French government is seeking to reduce carbon emissions by moving short-haul domestic trips from air to rail.

The formula for a net-zero aviation fuel that would pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere when burned has been developed by researchers.

France has welcomed a European Commission announcement that the country can legally ban domestic flights for which there is a rail alternative of under 2.5 hrs.

Airbus Summit attendees were urged to focus on the emerging problems of hydrogen leakage and a lack of standards, applicable also to sustainable aviation fuels.

Bombardier formally opened a 22-bay MRO facility here Nov. 30 as the airframer ramps up worldwide support for its range of increasingly large aircraft.

Near-term opportunities include using off-gases from ethanol plants to produce SAF and mineralizing captured CO2 to produce aggregates for use in infrastructure

The agreement focuses in particular on Ryanair’s largest bases such as Dublin and London Stansted.

Airbus has unveiled its DisruptiveLab, a new flying laboratory designed to test technologies destined to improve aircraft performance and to reduce helicopters’ CO2 emissions.

United Airlines is looking ahead to electrification of its ground operations.

Airbus plans to flight-test a hydrogen fuel cell engine on its modified A380 testbed, as it already intended to do with a hydrogen-fueled turbofan.

Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury warned the aerospace industry is not moving fast enough.

Airbus Helicopters hopes demonstrator can prove out technologies to reduce their carbon emissions by 50%.

Listen in as Aviation Week editors report from the Airbus Summit in Toulouse.

Turning commercial air travel into a sustainable, carbon net-zero industry will make flying more expensive and airlines may have to change their business models, experts acknowledge.

The European aircraft maker, Airbus SAS, expressed its commitment towards the realisation of sustainable aviation.

New aircraft windscreens are incorporating materials and designs aimed at improving both performance and sustainability.

Business aviation’s growing use of sustainable aviation fuel and its improving sustainability record will spur more purchases of business jets by large U.S. cor

Fuel-cell single-aisle; Scaled flight testing; Modular hydrogen propulsion; and Impact-safe lithium battery.

The Center for High-Efficiency Electrical Technologies for Aircraft is developing and maturing technologies for a 180-seat airliner powered by liquid-hydrogen.

Rolls-Royce and easyJet today have set a new aviation milestone with the world’s first run of a modern aero engine on hydrogen.

Hydrogen-powered vehicles progressing on the rails, roads and at sea can inspire and inform aviation applications.