Sustainability

Hydrogen could be introduced for niche airport applications as early as 2025 and enable deeper decarbonization of aviation by 2035, a Boeing-supported report by Australian researchers concluded.

The European Commission has launched a consultation on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), giving respondents until Oct. 28 to set out their views on policies aimed at making better use of cleaner fuels to help reduce airlines’ carbon dioxide emissions.

With the goal of demonstrating zero-carbon flight across the Atlantic within a generation, the UK government’s Jet Zero Council held its first meeting on July 22.

Val Miftakov is the founder and CEO of ZeroAvia, which is developing a zero emission electric powertrain for regional aircraft that uses hydrogen fuel cells. Aviation Week's Executive Editor, Technology Graham Warwick speaks to him about the startup’s plans in this Tech Talk.

All Nippon Airways has committed to an ambitious long-term target for reducing its CO2 emissions as part of its new sustainability plan.

Hydrogen propulsion could play a key role in a complete rethink of long-haul aviation to reduce its environmental footprint, a study by German aviation think-tank Bauhaus Luftfhart has concluded.

The UK has launched a government-backed project to help the country’s aerospace industry develop a zero-carbon commercial aircraft by 2030.

Despite challenging times, Boeing stays course with new 787-10 ecoDemonstrator program and plans next phases for 2021-22.

Industry experts estimate that anywhere from 2,500 to 3,500 existing aircraft will not be needed by airlines over the next three years. Surplus

Ask the Editors: Hydrogen propulsion offers a significant opportunity to reduce carbon emissions, but major challenges lie ahead.

Given the huge financial stresses of the COVID-19 crisis, one might expect environmental concerns to drop well down the agenda for aftermarket

The air transport industry welcomed a change in calculating emissions offsets; environmental campaigners are not convinced.

Fuel cells may be more suited to smaller commercial aircraft, while larger ones would retain turbine engines.

Daniel Koechler, general manager of North American Aerospace Industries Corp., a provider of aircraft recycling solutions, and its affiliate, Aircraft

Guy Norris and Joe Anselmo discuss how the project to develop the 21st Century’s first civil supersonic airliner is moving forward and have their questions answered by Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl.

Earlier this week France unveiled a €15 billion package to support its aerospace industry through and after the COVID-19 crisis.

Carbon recycler LanzaTech has launched a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) spinoff, LanzaJet, with $25 million in backing from Canadian and Japanese investors.

Ask the Editors: Sustainable aviation fuels are technically viable today; it is their economic viability that remains in question.

Airbus nudges the RACER first flight to the fourth quarter of 2021, citing program management complexity for the high-speed rotorcraft.

Airlines are looking ahead to how the coronavirus crisis will affect efforts to reduce environmental impact.

How the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry will fare in the aftermath of the COVID-19 impact on commercial aviation is far from clear. But most

The Ottawa government is assessing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on an ongoing competition to develop Canadian-produced sustainable aviation

Owners realize an aircraft’s residual value by removing and selling parts and must now dismantle in an environmentally sustainable way.

The technical risks of landing and reflying rockets have been resolved, but the business case seems far from closed.

Lufthansa Cargo chairman and CEO Peter Gerber has been on the front lines of global efforts to cope with the coronavirus pandemic as the carrier works