Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have committed to being net-zero carbon by 2050, while Japan aims to commercialize domestically produced sustainable aviation fuels by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

SITA has released its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, which reveals that, despite the pandemic, the company remains set to become a certified carbon neutral organisation by or before 2022.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Cleaner-burning sustainable fuels can reduce aircraft contrails’ cloudiness and their contribution to aviation’s climate impact, joint research by NASA and German aerospace center DLR has concluded.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Rolls-Royce says it will make its all of its civil aircraft engines compatible with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as part of its roadmap for decarbonizing aerospace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The helicopter industry has taken the first steps toward using sustainable aviation fuels and to do their bit to meet emissions targets.
Sustainability

By Chen Chuanren
Pratt senior fellow Michael Winter says there is potential for mega-cities to produce sustainable aviation fuels from garbage and waste using Fischer-Tropsch plants.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
CFM International joint venture partners GE Aviation and Safran have launched an aggressive technology development program to pave the way for a new generation of fuel-efficient unducted—or open fan—engines to enter service around the mid-2030s.
Aerospace

By Vincent Chappard
The administrators of Air Mauritius announced that the watershed meeting of the national airline’s creditors initially scheduled for the end of June has been postponed to January 2022 following a Supreme Court decision. Anuradha Deenapanray Chappard reports.
Air Transport

Kamil Al Awadhi has taken up the reins as vice president, Africa and Middle East, for the International Air Transport Association (IATA). He now plans to help steer airline recovery in the region, as he explained to Alan Peaford.
Air Transport

Joramco, the Amman based MRO and the engineering arm of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE), is set to participate in MRO Middle East 2021, the Gulf region's leading annual conference and exhibition for commercial aviation maintenance.
Aerospace

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Heathrow Airport has integrated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) into its fuel distribution in a proof of concept that the airport hopes will lead to greater quantities being used in the future.
Airports & Networks

The joint organisers of MRO Middle East, Aviation Week Network and Tarsus Group, hav announced the key themes of the free show floor content programme during this year’s, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul exhibition.
Aerospace

To mark World Environment Day, Qatar Airways Group is highlighting its key environmental sustainability initiatives.
Air Transport

Middle East airlines are being offered a health check package to prepare better for the post covid recovery.
Air Transport

Rolls-Royce has started testing the first elements of the most powerful hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system in aerospace at a newly-renovated testbed.
MRO

By Guy Norris
The United deal, which also covers options for 35 additional aircraft, envisages introduction of the first civil supersonic services on trans-Atlantic and Pacific routes by 2029.
Airlines & Lessors

Over 300 key industry leaders from the Aviation & Logistics industry gathered from across the GCC at the inaugural Future OpEx 2021.
Aerospace

Abu Dhabi Airports, the owner and operator of the emirate’s five airports, and Masdar, a renewable energy company, have announced the completion of Abu Dhabi’s largest solar-powered car park, which will save 5,300 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
Airports & Networks

Rolls-Royce has officially opened Testbed 80, the world’s largest and smartest indoor aerospace testbed, in a ceremony with the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng, Secretary of State for the Department of Business Energy & Industrial Strategy, in Derby, UK.
MRO

Qatar Airways Cargo is giving back to the communities through its sustainability project WeQare.
Aerospace

By Thierry Dubois
As non-CO2 effects become a major focus in aviation’s climate efforts, Eurocontrol tests contrail prevention in air traffic management.
Sustainability

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Tourism Economics released a long-term view for post-COVID-19 passenger demand recovery which demonstrates that people remain eager to travel in the short and long-term.
Air Transport

During the virtual element of the 28th edition of Arabian Travel Market (ATM), Arival’s Co-Founder and CEO Douglas Quinby shared exclusive Arival research carried out with 1500 respondents on the outlook for tours, activities, attractions, and key trends shaping the sector’s revival post-COVID-19 pandemic.
Aerospace

By Linda Blachly
In a major first-of-its-kind industry initiative, United Airlines has launched an alliance it calls Eco-Skies that brings together nearly a dozen
Airlines & Lessors

The ITW-GSE team are present at the Airport Show for a number of reasons. They are here to support Dubai and the UAE, to show confidence in the industry and demonstrate that the company is very much still working and successful, with a number of contracts won in the region recently.
Aerospace