An aviation sustainability initiative tabled by the UK government at COP26 has secured buy-in from 22 states, but environmental lobby groups scorned the group’s commitments as too weak and supported a more ambitious hoax announcement instead.
Zero-emissions propulsion startup Universal Hydrogen has signed an agreement with a clean-energy subsidiary of Australian mining company Fortescue Metals Group to secure a supply of green hydrogen through to 2035.
Norwegian regional airline Wideroe is continuing its journey toward introducing zero-emissions aircraft, signing an agreement with Embraer’s Eve subsidiary to study electric vertical takeoff and landing operations in Scandinavia.
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. will complete the few remaining Dash 8-400s under production at its Toronto facility before pausing production to review “future opportunities.”
Airbus Helicopters has performed what it claims to be the first helicopter flight on 100% sustainable aviation fuel, albeit powering only one of the two engines on the H225 testbed.
Jean Pierson "enabled Airbus Industrie to leverage its different national strengths and with his foresight and the different innovation capabilities, set our company on the path to success," Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury said of the former leader of the European OEM.
Boeing’s latest Current Market Outlook (CMO) highlights the degree to which global aviation growth will be driven by the Asia-Pacific region, according to a senior Boeing executive.
For the aerospace and defense industry, the breakup of General Electric has spurred a flurry of brainstorming over how GE Aviation could combine with other A&D assets to form the next industry colossus.
Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto said that the E175’s status as the only scope-compliant large regional jet “still in production today” ensures it will continue to sell heavily to airlines in the U.S. over the next 10 years.
Average material spend on CFM International engine overhauls remains slightly lower than in 2020, but general aftermarket trends are improving, Safran executives report.
The family of Energia-branded concepts—with all-electric, hybrid-electric or hydrogen-fueled propulsion for low emissions and noise—are aimed to enter into service between 2030 and 2040.
Wright believes that by 2026 both hydrogen and aluminum fuel cells can meet its requirement for around 10 megawatt hours of energy storage on the BAe 146 to enable 1-hr. flights on routes of 400 nm or shorter.
Heat-exchanger technology developed by Reaction Engines for its Synergetic Air Breathing Rocket Engine could help transform ammonia into a green aviation fuel.
“The recent grounding of 19 Qatar Airways A350 [aircraft] has left us with no alternative but to temporarily bring some of our A380 fleet back on key winter routes,” Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said.
There are more than 100 orders and commitments for the 767-300BCF, and the latest commitment builds on a record year of orders for Boeing’s family of freighters.
Germany’s MTU Aero Engines has partnered with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to develop certification requirements for hydrogen fuel cells in aircraft.
The FAA’s compliance with recently enacted aircraft certification reforms is progressing, the agency’s top official said, underscoring that required changes combined with other agency initiatives are changing how the regulator works with companies, notably Boeing.
Scandinavian Airlines plans to partner with three fuel-sector companies to investigate large-scale production of synthetic sustainable aviation fuel in Sweden.
