Sustainability

Sweden-based SCA, Europe’s largest private forest owner, and Nordic energy company St1 have established a joint venture to produce and sell liquid biofuels, including sustainable aviation fuel.

American Airlines has become an anchor partner in Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, investing $100 million in the Bill Gates-founded initiative to accelerate clean energy technologies needed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

As manufacturers strive to reduce the fuel burn and emissions of their next generation of commercial airliners, longer wings are near the top of the list.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications has renewed its long-standing partnership with leading aerospace event organiser Farnborough International to organise the 2022 and 2024 editions of the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS).

Electric Accel takes off; Moog flies SureFly; Tulips cleans airports; Terrafugia launches UAV; and Hamburg’s drone sandbox.

The credit is intended to stimulate production and consumption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by reducing the price premium over conventional jet fuel.

Canada’s SAF+ Consortium has produced the first few liters of synthetic kerosene at its pilot plant in Montreal.

Swedish regional BRA, OEM ATR and fuel supplier Neste partner to certify 100% SAF for ATR regional turboprops; first test flight in 2022.

Recaro Aircraft Seating (Recaro) is to equip Qatar Airways with its brand-new CL3810 economy class seat. Starting at the end of 2022, twenty shipsets of the CL3810 will be installed on the new A321neo fleet.

Cabin interiors specialists are looking beyond COVID-19 to the interiors trends that will shape the coming years of recovery.

British Airways (BA) has carried out a “perfect flight” from London Heathrow to Glasgow Airport to demonstrate progress in the fight against climate change.

Air New Zealand and Airbus have agreed to undertake a research initiative aimed at finding out how hydrogen-powered aircraft would work in the airline’s operations.

Royal Dutch Shell plans to build an 820,000-tons-a-year biofuels facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands, which should be among the biggest sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facilities in Europe.

Kenya Airways has entered a unilateral intermodal interline agreement with one of the fastest growing multimodal mobility platforms in Europe Vipper.com.

Rolls-Royce has completed the first flight of its electric-powered Spirit of Innovation aircraft, also known as Accel.

Design, technology and customer experience combine for a first-rate travel experience from the moment people arrive at Seoul Incheon International

Cargo saw renewed prominence in 2020, with many airlines focusing on that business as the need for critical supplies surged. Few switched as fast or

Fast-growing Viva Aerobus has become the second-largest Mexican operator in the Mexico-US transborder market. This agile airline is owned by a company

Environmental awareness has never been greater. The pressure is on airlines like never before to meet and increase their commitments to reduce

British Airways (BA) has arranged a deal with Air BP to purchase its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a basis that assumes some corporate customers

The African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Lufthansa Consulting and Kenya Airways staged a workshop on 14th September 2021 on African airlines consolidation to discuss the reasons for few partnerships and limited airline consolidation, the challenges and benefits of consolidation and measures for action by industry stakeholders to address the situation.

It took more than a decade, but the General Aviation Modifications Inc. team found a solution.

A slew of sustainability initiatives continues to be rolled out by the aviation industry as the opening of United Nation’s COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow at the end of October draws closer.

A research project to improve the sustainability of airports by eliminating emissions and waste, led by Royal Schiphol Group, has been awarded €25 million ($29.5 million) in funding by the European Commission.

Rolls-Royce and Airlink have signed a TotalCare service agreement for the AE3007 engines that power the South African airline’s fleet of Embraer ERJ135 aircraft.