Charged with enabling zero-emission transatlantic flight within a generation, the UK’s Jet Zero Council has launched a competition designed to demonstrate how airport upgrades could enable the introduction of electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft.
Recent examples show that airlines in Asia-Pacific are willing to devote resources to sustainability efforts at a time when they are also looking under every rock to cut costs.
To enable synthetic fuels to fulfill their sustainability promise, the aviation industry must fight for its share of renewable energy and hydrogen electrolyzer capability to secure a level playing field on which to battle other sectors reluctant to be weaned off liquid fuels.
A European research project has demonstrated the potential to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from a wide range of organic wastes including sewage sludge and manure.
The addition of sustainable aviation fuel at Cologne Bonn Airport has been driven in part by demand from air freight operators looking to offer a lower-carbon to their customers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
“Together with the renewal of our fleet, sustainable aviation fuels constitute our main lever in the medium term for reducing our CO2 emissions per passenger/km by half by 2030,” Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith said.
Erik Lindbergh hopes to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his grandfather’s historic first solo transatlantic flight in 2027, only this time with a hybrid electric aircraft.
The successful start to Greens candidate Annalena Baerbock’s campaign is considered a threat by incumbents and is already triggering debates, including on aviation policy.
Startup Wright Electric has begun testing the megawatt-scale power inverter that is a key building block in development of the electric propulsion system for its planned single-aisle airliner.
