Sustainability

Where do airlines sit on the carbon RPK efficiency curve?
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
An A380 will flight-test a hydrogen-burning turbine engine by the end of 2026 under a collaboration between Airbus and CFM International partners GE Aviation and Safran.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Efforts to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Asia are gathering pace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen-powered aviation is started with smaller regional aircraft, but how far can it go in decarbonizing commercial aviation?
Emerging Technologies

By Irene Klotz
The FAA is spearheading an environmental review of SpaceX’s Boca Chica Beach spaceport in Texas.
Space

By Graham Warwick
USA BioEnergy has selected Bon Weir, Texas, as the location for its first biorefinery producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel from wood waste.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Virgin Group has formed a strategic partnership with chemical recycling company Agilyx to build a plant in the U.S. to convert plastic waste into synthetic crude oil than will then be refined into lower-carbon fuels including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for use by Virgin Atlantic.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Etihad Airways has partnered with the award-winning theme park, Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, to launch a one-of-a-kind family friendly experience on board its fleet.
Emerging Technologies

AFRAA Secretary General, Abdérahmane Berthé, will join aviation leaders in a panel session at the Global Aviation Webinar on February 17th 2022.
Aerospace

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) have signed an MoU to facilitate the achievement of their shared objectives.
Air Transport

By Lee Ann Shay
The center is part of OEM’s global aftermarket expansion.
Business Aviation

By Chen Chuanren
In a pilot program, all Singapore Airlines (SIA) group flights will begin using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) starting in the 2022 third quarter (Q3).
Airlines & Lessors

By Chuck Grieve
Sustainability and environmental considerations are coming to the fore in the world of airport design and operation.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
In a move that will significantly expand the production of sustainable fuels in the U.S., LanzaJet has entered into an agreement to build a 120 million gal.-a-year facility southwest of Chicago.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Boeing has begun routine use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its commercial-aircraft flight operations, with Epic Fuels to supply 2 million gal. of blended fuel for its Washington state and South Carolina operations through 2022.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Dubai Airports has announced the appointment of Majed Al Joker as its chief operating officer (COO).
Maintenance & Training

By Victoria Moores
UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has agreed to take 2.5 million liters (660,000 gal.) of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste, marking the airline’s first commercial SAF commitment.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As Europe seeks to finalize emissions reduction measures for the aviation industry that will contribute to the region’s overarching environmental goals, ambitions for use of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) from numerous stakeholders are increasingly in focus.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Aaron Karp
The air cargo industry needs to ramp up digitalization, but it’s a slow path.
Airlines & Lessors

Boeing has announced a supply agreement for two million gallons (7.5 million liters) of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
MRO

By Graham Warwick
Hydrogen powertrain iron bird; sea-skimming electric seagliders; UK space sustainability projects; ski resort eSTOL; SAF from microalgae.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
After Denmark’s Prime Minister in January set the goal of all domestic aviation being fossil-free by 2030, a massive Danish project to produce sustainable fuels from renewable energy is investigating whether it can begin jet fuel production in 2025, two years earlier than planned.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
To celebrate the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, Xiamen Air mounted what it calls its first carbon neutral flight on its Xiamen to Beijing service.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
The EU’s transport ministers have issued a declaration that they hope sets the stage for a long-term aspirational goal on aviation sustainability to be adopted at the ICAO Assembly in September.
Sustainability

Etihad Guest and the First Abu Dhabi Bank, in partnership with Visa, will launch a sustainably-focused Visa credit card.
Safety, Ops & Regulation