Environment

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

Environment

Oregon FBO First in State to Offer SAF

Hillsboro Aviation near Portland, Oregon, is the first service provider in the state to offer continuous supplies of sustainable aviation fuel.
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Environment

Environmental Defense Fund Issues New SAF Handbook

The Environmental Defense Fund has published a new handbook urging "high-integrity" sustainable aviation fuel adoption.
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Environment

Aviation Groups Cheer SAF Credit Law Signing

Aviation groups including NBAA and NATA are applauding President Biden’s signing into law of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 yesterday.
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Environment

House Clears Way for SAF Blender's Tax Credit

House approves SAF blender's tax credits as part of passage of Inflation Reduction Act.
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Signature Location Earns 1st NATA Sustainability Tier 3 Nod

Signature's Vail Valley Jet Center is the first aviation facility to receive Tier 3 recognition under NATA's new sustainability standard.
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Aircraft

Pratt & Whitney Teams With Hybrid-Electric Specialist VerdeGo Aero

Raytheon's investment in VerdeGo Aero launches a hybrid-electric propulsion collaboration between the start-up and aircraft engine maker Pratt & Whitney.
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Environment

Neste To Buy Irish SAF Feedstock Provider

Neste's latest addition to its global feedstock network will be Ireland-based Walco Foods.
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Environment

Air Charter Association Joins UK Zero Emissions Think Tank

The Air Charter Association has been invited to join a UK task force on achieving zero-emissions flight.
Environment

NATA, 4Air Introduce SAF Uplift Receipt Program

A new uplift receipt program introduced by NATA and 4Air will allow FBOs to issue customers formal receipts documenting their SAF usage.
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Environment

Gevo Acquires Land for Commercial SAF Facility

SAF pioneer Gevo will establish its first commercial production facility in South Dakota.
Aircraft

Ampaire Flies Hybrid Electric EEL To Oshkosh

Ampaire's EEL completed the longest flight by a hybrid-electric aircraft when it was flown from California to Oshkosh.
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Engines

Hydroplane Waitlisting Orders for Fuel Cell Powerplant

Hydroplane is bringing its hydrogen fuel cell powerplant to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh to assess interest from aircraft builders.
Aircraft

GKN Invests in Parallel Paths to Aviation Sustainability

The aerostructures and engine components group is applying two approaches to developing hydrogen propulsion, as well as supporting new electric aircraft.
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Environment

Boeing Becomes Founding Member of Energy Innovation Centre

The Sheffield region and Boeing continue their work together, this time focusing on sustainable aviation and SAF production.
Aircraft

Collins Produces First Prototype Motor for Airlander 10

The Airlander 10 hybrid airship promises zero-emissions flight by 2030.
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Environment

Aviation Leaders Call Sustainability an 'Imperative,' SAF the Path

While government and industry leaders agree that SAF is necessary for net zero by 2050, they believe production must ramp up with incentives.
Aircraft

Airbus Launches Program to Probe Hydrogen Power Contrails

Airbus has launched the Blue Condor project, using a hydrogen-powered glider to study the composition of hydrogen-generated contrails.
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Environment

Aerospace Needs Top Talent To Achieve Green Future

McKinsey analysts say skills and supply chain headaches are holding back aerospace, but there are major opportunities from the quest for sustainability.
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Aircraft

Wisk Says Autonomous eVTOLs Will Transform City Mobility

The Boeing-backed company is building a four-passenger aircraft based on extensive flight testing of its Cora technology demonstrator.
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Aircraft

P&W, Collins Team on Hybrid-Electric AAM Demonstrator

P&W and Collins are developing a hybrid-electric technology demonstrator for advanced air mobility vehicles.
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Charter & Fractional

Elit’Avia Launches ‘Green’ Jet Card Program

The European charter provider Elit’Avia has introduced a new jet card program, called the “Elit’Avia Green Card,” offering carbon-neutral charter flights.
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Aircraft

Boom, Collins Sign Expanded Deal for Overture Systems

Boom's supersonic Overture is designed to carry 65 to 80 passengers and will fly at twice the speed of today's aircraft.
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Aircraft

Zero Petroleum Synthetic Fuel Powers Ikarus C42

Zero Petroleum brought the first aircraft to fly on all-synthetic fuel to the Farnborough Airshow.
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Aircraft

Norway and Benelux Region Prepare for eVTOL Air Services

Lilium has signed agreements with a pair of European companies that agreed to buy almost 50 of its eVTOL aircraft.
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Environment

Boeing, Alder Fuels To Work on Scaling SAF

Boeing and Alder Fuels are partnering to increase the availability and supply of sustainable aviation fuel.
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Aircraft

Boeing Data Modeling Tool To Improve Sustainability Efforts

Boeing unveiled a data modeling platform to assess SAF and sustainability developments to reach a common goal of net zero aviation emissions.
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Environment

Airbus Partners with Airlines to Launch Carbon Removal Scheme

Experts say the technology is fundamental to delivering a 1.5 degree centigrade world.
Aircraft

Airbus, CFM Team on Open Fan Engine Flight Test

Airbus and CFM announced a collaboration to flight test CFM’s open fan engine architecture on an A380 demonstrator.
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Aircraft

Widerøe Joins Embraer’s Energia Advisory Group

Norway’s Widerøe signed as the first airline to join Embraer’s Energia Advisory Group, tasked with defining requirements for viable sustainable aviation.
Aircraft

Rolls-Royce and Hyundai to Advance Hydrogen Propulsion

Rolls-Royce and Korean automaker Hyundai aim to conduct a joint hydrogen fuel-cell electric aircraft demonstration in 2025.
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