Sustainability

Dubai Airshow 2021 is set to host pitch competitions in partnership with major local and global aerospace entities, including Etihad Airways, Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Boeing Applied Innovation.
Aerospace

Frank Slazer
The space agency has led understanding of climate change, but its facilities are vulnerable to the effects of extreme weather.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Honeywell UOP and hydrogen production specialist Wood have joined forces to further reduce the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of sustainable aviation fuel to produce a carbon-neutral jet fuel.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
By confronting ideas, including inconvenient numbers and opinions, the company is helping difficult but must-have conversations take place now.
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
IATA needs to send a strong message of renewal from its Boston annual general assembly.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Environmental groups have renewed their call for the U.S. government to set a tougher rule for aircraft greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions than the CO2 certification standard agreed by ICAO.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois, Tony Osborne
Airbus has been gathering positive signs that its 2035 ambition for a hydrogen-fueled commercial aircraft is realistic.
Aircraft & Propulsion

SITA has achieved CarbonNeutral company certification. The milestone resulted from decisive actions to significantly reduce emissions associated with its business operations in 2020.
Emerging Technologies

Etihad Airways is giving all of its guests travelling into or via Abu Dhabi a complimentary ticket to Expo 2020 Dubai, the biggest cultural gathering in the world taking place between 1 October 2021 and 31 March 2022.
Aerospace

By Wesley Charnock
The sustainability agenda is already an important factor as the airline chooses 'the places where we're flying.'
Airports & Networks

By Kurt Hofmann
The head of Frontier Airlines says the ULCC's fleet of Airbus A320neo family aircraft demonstrates a strong commitment to the environment but reports little motivation from passengers to pay for CO2 offset programs.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Reaching a target of 10% SAF use by 2030 will require the scaling up of production to at least 9.5 billion gal./year from the less than 10 million gal. produced in 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
As Airbus is exploring several technologies to drastically cut and eventually annihilate an aircraft’s CO2 emissions, its design engineers are considering micro-hybridization as a starting point in electrification.
Emerging Technologies

An all-new Gulfstream G700 has set its first-ever city-pair speed records from Savannah to Doha, Qatar, and then from Doha to Paris.
Business Aviation

Expo 2020 Dubai's must-see aviation attraction is gearing up to open its doors to the public on 1 October and the Emirates Pavilion will offer a preview for the future of commercial aviation.
Aerospace

By Guy Norris
Engine makers face more questions than answers as they plot future turboprop hybrid-electric evolution strategy.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Fuel supply mandates, blenders’ tax credits, voluntary targets are all in the mix as SAF becomes the near-term path to sustainability.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
The oil and gas company has set itself a target of producing 2 million metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year by 2025—a significant near-term scale-up in supply since Shell is not producing SAF at present.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
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.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris
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.
Sustainability

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).
Aerospace

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

By Graham Warwick
The credit is intended to stimulate production and consumption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by reducing the price premium over conventional jet fuel.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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