Sustainability

U.S. SAF production approximately doubled from December 2024 to February 2025 with slower growth forecast into 2026.

NASEM's report lays out a set of research priorities for NASA to help achieve its goal of reducing aviation-induced cloudiness and persistent contrails.

Clean Aviation executives are striving to firm up plans, even though they have slipped to the right, for both hybrid-electric and hydrogen propulsion.

United has invested in Twelve, which is building a plant to produce power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuel from renewable electricity, captured CO2 and water

Superconducting motor runs; Electrifying two-seater; Hybrid hydrogen eVTOL; Hydrogen-powered turnaround.

This week the Carbon Analysis focuses on Icelandair, which is is set to end widebody operations by 2030, instead focusing on developing its narrowbody offering.

The Green Fuel Forward initiative aims to educate and increase corporate awareness and adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) credits.

Thailand’s Bangchak Group has opened the kingdom’s first dedicated SAF facility as production capacity continues to ramp up in Asia-Pacific.

A team led by the UK’s Exeter Airport says it has accomplished the first “zero-carbon turn” of a commercial aircraft.

Air New Zealand has announced a new emissions reduction projection, which will replace a previous emissions target that was dropped last year.

Pittsburgh International Airport will significantly expand its on-site solar field, adding 12 acres of panels to more than double the amount of energy produced.

The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has said in its 2024 Annual Report for Saudi Vision 2030 that the civil aviation sector has witnessed significant transformations.

Thin wing technology remains the key focus for the future single-aisle as Boeing hits reset on the high-wing truss-braced wing demonstrator.

Several projects under development in Asia will boost the region’s SAF production capability, as airlines raise concerns about a global SAF shortage.

A study in Germany on the use of SAF in helicopters, has confirmed considerable reductions in soot particles, confirming cleaner and greener operation of rotorcraft.

Boeing’s move to realign the X-66 is perhaps better for both the company’s road to industrial recovery and aviation’s longer-term sustainability goals.

Boeing is pausing development of the X-66 transonic truss-braced wing aircraft with NASA and reallocating resources to get the 737-7, 737-10 and 777X certified.

Taiwan has started the uplift of SAF to the island’s three major airlines, China Airlines, EVA Air and Starlux Airlines.

Royal Air Maroc Cargo has an ambitious vision for the future with a strategy built on global expansion, digital innovation, and sustainability.

Coinciding with Aero-Engines Asia Pacific, Carbon Analysis considers the emissions of Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Hainan Airlines.

While Lufthansa Technik sees riblet films as most suitable for older-generation widebodies, MicroTau targets the Airbus A320 narrowbody.

Rolls-Royce is in the final stages of flight tests of its ALECSys (Advanced Low-Emissions Combustion System) lean-burn combustor system.

Executives at two European airline companies and a major airport operator said that SAF availability and affordability will be critical to reaching net zero.

As summer vacation planning beckons, the Carbon Analysis revisits some popular European leisure carriers such as Condor, Jet2, SunExpress and TUI Airways.

Cathay Cargo Terminal has successfully completed its first end-to-end trial of an autonomous electric tractor (AET).