Environment

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Environment

EASA Proposes Noise Standards for eVTOLs

EASA is proposing using heavy helicopter noise limits for eVTOLs until it can gather more data on the new vehicles to refine these standards.
Joby
Environment

Bombardier Expanding Environmental Reviews Across Product Lines

Bombardier plans to have environmental product declarations in place for all of its in-production business jets by 2025.
Bombardier business jets (Photo: Bombardier)
Environment

Jet Aviation: SAF Available at EBACE Again

After introducing sustainable aviation fuel at Geneva Airport for the first time at last year's EBACE, Jet Aviation has brought a supply of the fuel again.
underwing fueling with sustainable aviation fuel
Environment

Azzera Launches One-stop Shop Sustainably Solutions Platform

Technology start-up Azzera is unveiling a business aircraft carbon offsetting and compliance management platform at EBACE 2023.
Puja Mahajan, Azzera co-founder and chief executive
Environment

EBACE Looks To Go 'Green'

Next week's EBACE show in Geneva will incorporate a variety of sustainability measures.
Palexpo convention center in Geneva
Environment

Environmental Groups Increase Pressure on Bizav in Europe

Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s largest airports, plans to ban private jets and small business aircraft, a step that might be followed by others.
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Environment

SAF Producer Neste Completes Major Singapore Plant Upgrade

Neste has completed the long-anticipated expansion of its Singapore renewable fuels refinery, doubling its output.
Aerial view of Neste's Singapore renewable fuels refinery
Environment

Aviation, Biofuel Orgs Urge Lawmakers To Support SAF

A recent letter from 35 aviation and biofuel industry organizations called on House and Senate Appropriations leaders to back SAF R&D funding.
Aerial view of U.S. Capitol Building
Environment

Boeing Launches Cascade Climate Impact Modeling Tool

Boeing's publicly available Cascade tool is intended to help the aviation industry see how different fuel sources affect their sustainability goals.
People observe a demonstration of Boeing's Cascade tool
Engines

GE's Hybrid-electric Investments Promise Big Payoff

A seventh test cell at GE Aerospace’s EPISCenter in Dayton, Ohio, marks another phase in the company’s commitment to hybrid-electric propulsion technology.
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Environment

World Fuel Rolls out SAF, Electric Refueler at Toulon Airport

World Fuel Services introduced sustainable aviation fuel to France's Toulon Airport, along with a refueler converted to electricity to distribute it.
Refueler converted to electrical power by World Fuel Services
Aircraft

Private Wings Signs as Launch Customer for D328eco

Private Wings was attracted to the D328eco turboprop by Deutsche Aircraft's goal of a 95 percent cut in CO2 emissions by using power-to-liquid fuel.
Employees of German charter operator Private Wings and Deutsche Aircraft in front of Dornier D328 turboprop aircraft
Environment

CoSAFA Issues SAF Accounting Procedure Guidelines

The industry-led Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (CoSAFA) has introduced procedures for SAF book-and-claim transaction accounting and transparency.
business jet refueling with sustainable aviation fuel
Aircraft

Aura Aero Wants to Electrify Flight Training and Regional Airlines

The French start-up is developing an all-electric training aircraft called the Integral E as well as a 19-seat hybrid-electric regional airliner.
Aura Aero's ERA hybrid-electric regional airliner.
Environment

Honeywell Introduces UOP eFining Tech for SAF

Highly Innovative Fuels Global will be the launch customer for Honeywell's new solution for the production of low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel.
Underwing view of aircraft being refueled
Environment

4Air Reaches Sustainability Program Milestone

Aviation sustainability program consultancy 4Air has signed its 100th client.
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Environment

Vertical Vx4 eVTOL Certification Pushed To Late 2026

Citing regulatory requirements, Vertical Aerospace pushed certification of its VX-4 eVTOL by 12 months to late 2026.
Vertical VX4 eVTOL testing
Environment

SAF Producer Neste Sees Growth Ahead in 2023

Neste expects its renewable fuel production capacity to increase in the second quarter as new facilities continue to ramp up output.
Neste's Rotterdam Renewable Fuels Facility
Environment

Satcom Direct Launching Automated Carbon Reporting Tool

Satcom Direct will unveil its new automated carbon emission reporting functionality this month at EBACE.
business jet flying over countryside
Environment

NBAA’s Bolen: Bizav Must 'Give Back' To Thrive

NBAA president Ed Bolen highlights business aviation community’s record for “giving back” during the association’s maintenance conference in Hartford.
Ed Bolen NBAA president
Engines

Safran To Lead Open Fan Studies for EU’s OFELIA Project

France’s Safran has agreed to lead a team of 26 industry partners under the EU-led Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking project OFELIA.
Digital rendering of Airbus A380 propulsion demonstrator in flight utilizing open fan technology
Environment

Report: Future Aviation Will Require Massive Energy Growth

With the transition from fossil fuels underway in the aviation sector, a study from Atkins looks at the energy demands needed to fuel the future.
E-fuel test facility
Aircraft

Boeing To Add 787-10 to ecoDemonstrator Program This Year

The Boeing 787-10 Explorer will test the coordination of navigation across global airspace jurisdictions.
Boeing 787-10 Explorer in flight over islands
Environment

Jet Aviation Offers Custom SAF Blending at Seletar

Through a partnership with fuel technology provider FlyOro, Jet Aviation will offer customers custom SAF blending options at its Seletar Airport facility.
FlyOro fuel blending equipment
Airlines

EU Countries Agree on ReFuelEU Aviation Plan

An agreement reached Tuesday on the ReFuelEU proposal sets the conditions for codifying decarbonization targets in Europe.
Veuling A320
Airlines

EU Countries Agree on ReFuelEU Decarbonization Plan

An agreement reached Tuesday on the ReFuelEU proposal sets the conditions for codifying decarbonization targets in Europe.
Veuling A320
Aircraft

Britten-Norman, Cranfield Aerospace Sign Merger Deal

A merger between the UK’s Britten-Norman and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) would result in an injection of £10 million into the new company.
Britten-Norman Islander in flight
Environment

Scottish Airport Introduces Steady Flow of SAF

Inverness Airport in Scotland is the first of the HIAL Group's 11 airports to offer a steady supply of sustainable aviation fuel.
Scotland's Inverness Airport
Aircraft

Airbus, P&WC To Participate in e-SAF Testing, Studies in Quebec

The Quebec-based SAF+ Consortium has joined with Airbus Canada and Pratt & Whitney Canada on power-to-liquid e-SAF testing and feasibility studies.
Airbus A220-300 in flight overhead
Airlines

Asia-Pac Airlines Seek to Link Recovery with Sustainability

The EU’s numerous climate laws risk will impinge on the Asia-Pacific carriers operating into the bloc, warns the head of AAPA.
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