Environment

Approval of a drop-in fuel standard will predate by several years approval of a separate initiative to develop a non-drop-in standard for 100 percent SAF.

Pratt & Whitney is preparing to start ground and flights testing a new 1-MW electric motor from sister company Collins with one of its aircraft engines,

Test flights with Vertical's VX4 eVTOL aircraft will be from London's Heathrow and City airports, as well as from Bristol and two smaller UK airfields.

Vertical Aerospace is forming a joint working group with Babcock to explore use of the VX4 eVTOL aircraft in EMS, cargo, and military support operations.

GKN Aerospace and Vertical Aerospace continue their nine-month partnership with the development of EWIS for the all-electric VX4 prototype.

Airlines are signing more long-term SAF off-take agreements and supporting the diversification from biomass SAF with e-fuels.

Eve has reconfigured its all-electric eVTOL vehicle with a new wing and empennage combination and has also unveiled how four passengers will be seated.

Europe’s plan to decarbonize by 2050 stands on four pillars, including more efficient ATM routings.

L3Harris is investing in new training facilities and technologies and is calling on airlines to fund a strategic response to the critical pilot shortage.

Honeywell is making big investments in the advanced air mobility sector, developing new propulsion and avionics systems.

Embraer and renewable fuels producer Raizen sign LOI at Farnborough on producing SAF for the the manufacturer’s flight operations.

The strong green credentials of hybrid airships raise new hopes of market acceptance.

Hydrogen’s success as a zero-CO2 emissions aviation fuel depends largely on its production and distribution using renewable energy at huge scale.

Europe’s airlines express concern about the significant costs of implementing the EU’s Fit for 55 package aimed at trimming CO2 levels by 55 percent.

Several electric aircraft developers and partners supporting them with new propulsion technology expect to see their wares in service within a few years.

A new study sees the global sustainable aviation fuel market rapidly expanding by 2030.

The European Parliament sets ambitious targets for an EU-wide mandate to uplift SAF that includes the world’s first e-fuel uptake obligation.

Miami-based fuel provider AEG Fuels has introduced a sustainable aviation fuel platform to help its customers locate and reap the benefits of SAF.

Van Nuys Airport this week announced 18 aircraft operators as the recipients of its 2021 Friendly Flyer Awards.

H3X is working on a 2.8 MW electric motor drive that it says will have the power density and redundancy needed to convert 50- to 100-seat aircraft.

Under what it calls its Net Zero Roadmap, Farnborough Airport has committed to neutralizing controllable carbon emissions by 2030.

Online charter marketplace Victor has joined forces with sustainable aviation fuel producer Neste to bolster the uptake of renewable fuels.

World Fuel Services is now an authorized distributor of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

Gevo's latest round of stock issuance was aimed at helping the company stabilize its financing demands for its Net Zero-1 sustainable fuel project.

HAI and the Eastern Region Helicopter Council have partnered with PlaneNoise and the FAA for noise abatement solutions in the Washington, D.C. region.

Divergent views of hydrogen’s immediate potential have Boeing and Airbus at odds once again.

SAF transported via the Colonial Pipeline has reached a New York City airport for the first time.

An Airbus H225 earlier this month performed the first-ever helicopter flight using 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel in all of its engines.

Rolls-Royce is developing new-generation turbogenerator technology that will be the basis for small engines to power hybrid-electric aircraft.

The FAA released proposed rulemaking this week to establish FAR Part 38, fuel-efficiency metric requirements for certain large subsonic jet and turboprops.