sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European Commission’s commissioner-designate for sustainable transport and tourism has pledged to introduce a sustainable transport investment plan in 2025.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin, Bill Carey, Guy Norris, Jeremy Kariuki
The show featured a new challenger for broadband inflight connectivity, updates to unconventional aircraft and more.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
Sustainable flight will require businesses that might otherwise have specialized in discrete aerospace tasks to also get involved in nontraditional areas.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
A new Eurocontrol Think Paper analyzes the feasibility of long-haul flights relying on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and decarbonizing.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
Over 50 companies have joined forces to get electrofuel (e-SAF) production up and running during a critical time window during the next two years.
Emerging Technologies

By Guy Norris
Older aircraft retirements and sales and newly available midsize and heavy jet models are among factors behind the forecast growth in large business aircraft.
NBAA

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airlines for Europe members want European Commission support for decarbonization and are frustrated by the faltering of airspace reforms.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
If finalized, the loans would support the completion of two plants, together producing 375 million gal. a year of alternative jet fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Deutsche Aircraft and German aerospace center DLR have flown the D328 UpLift testbed for the first time.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Next steps for wake surfing; measuring e-SAF emissions; solar stratospheric UAS upgrade; and uncrewed medical eVTOL.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Uruguay’s government and fledgling Environment Ministry have endorsed plans by Avalon Energy Group to build its first SAF production plant in Latin America.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Elysian has released initial findings of the study at the Climate Week NYC event running from Sept. 22-29 in New York.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Karen Walker
Listen in as IATA's senior vice president for sustainability, Marie Owens Thomsen, talks about net-zero transition and SAF supply challenges.
Window Seat Podcast

By Karen Walker
The annual cost for airlines to transition from jet fuel to sustainable alternatives will be $1.4 billion in 2025, according to a new report.
Sustainability

By Karen Walker
Airlines are not moving fast enough to be certain of achieving their commitment to being carbon net zero by 2050, the chief of American Airlines warned.
Sustainability

By Karen Walker
IATA has announced plans to create a platform to link airlines with SAF suppliers in a bid to accelerate and grow the availability and uptake of SAF.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Developer CleanJoule is seeking initial approval of its CycloSAF fuel as a 10% blending component via standards developer ASTM International’s Fast Track process.
Sustainability

By Graham Warwick
Electric propulsion promises lower operating costs and emissions, but will they be enough?
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Aether Fuels has signed an MOU with JetBlue to supply the airline with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) when commercial production begins.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM has signed an agreement with TotalEnergies for the supply of up to 1.5 million tons of more sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through 2035.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
A new Cambridge University report lays out four 2030 sustainable aviation goals that “must be initiated immediately and completed within five years..."
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Twelve has raised $645 million in funding to help complete its power-to-liquid SAF production plant in Moses Lake, Washington and to pay for additional plants.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Biden administration’s SAF Grand Challenge set the goals of 3 billion gal. per year of domestic production by 2030.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
With renewed focus on sustainability in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, Airbus has signed MOUs with AirAsia and Pertamina.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
The African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) is planning to accelerate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) deployment across Africa.
Safety, Ops & Regulation