Sustainability

Building supply chain resilience, sustainable innovations and collaboration can help companies persevere through continued uncertainty.

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.

A further demonstration of Africa’s position in the vanguard of new-technology aerial solutions has come with plans for an urban air mobility scheme in Kenya.

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.

Heart’s subscale flyer; high-speed VTOLs; Toray’s hydrogen tank; electric suppliers; hydrogen drones.

The carrier has previously stated its desire to eventually purchase zero-emissions aircraft to replace its DHC Dash 8-300 turboprops.

The energy requirements of future aircraft must be reduced by at least half by 2050 if aviation is to achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emissions by mid-century, according to a new aviation strategy adopted by German national aviation research agency DLR.

UK LCC easyJet and aeroengine manufacturer Rolls-Royce are embarking on a two-year joint research project into sustainable commercial aircraft.

Qatar Airways has become the first carrier to make a transaction on the IATA Aviation Carbon Exchange (ACE) using IATA Clearing House (ICH).

The air transport industry must take sustainability into its transformation, this is according to Sebastien Fabre, CEO, SITA for aircraft.

With backing from United Airlines, ZeroAvia expands its hydrogen-electric propulsion technology to regional jets.

Domestic and international passengers flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KUL) will benefit from a new SITA biometric-enabled self-service touchpoints.

Qatar Airways Cargo’s chief officer, Guillaume Halleux, looks back on a successful year in all areas of its business.

Several leading Russian aviation companies, including Aeroflot, S7 Group and Volga-Dnepr, have formed a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) alliance with the aim of developing a SAF that will power a flight by no later than 2024.

The Advisory Board for Global Aerospace Summit 2022 have outlined the pressing need for decarbonisation and private sector growth.

A year into his post of director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, His Excellency, Eng Ibrahim Al-Omar, speaks exclusively to Mark Pilling about how his group will play a strong role in helping to transform the kingdom’s fortunes.

Qantas has reached a deal to purchase blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to use in its flights from London Heathrow Airport through at least the end of 2022.

Aftermarket services that improve airline sustainability.

The decarbonization of regional aviation continues to gather pace, with United Airlines investing in hydrogen-electric propulsion developer ZeroAvia.

The African Aviation Industry Group (AAIG) held its annual Aeropolitical Forum on 18 November 2021.

The giant order for Rafale fighter jets for the UAE heads the TATV Newsround programme this week as Jon Lake explains how the signals were all there at the Dubai Airshow and what this latest contract means for French-UAE relations … as well as the prospects for the delayed F-35 purchase.

Leeds Bradford Airport CEO Vincent Hodder outlines his views on airline relations and incentives, airport collaboration and sustainable route decisions.

Start-up carrier Connect Airlines has unveiled plans to become the first zero-emissions U.S.-based airline following the signing of a letter of intent (LOI) with new propulsion company Universal Hydrogen.

Etihad Guest has introduced a series of sustainability-focused initiatives to reward members for making ‘green’ choices.

Emirates airline yesterday welcomed the Costa Rican Head of State, President Carlos Alvarado Quesada at Expo 2020 Dubai.