Environment

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Environment

Avfuel Commits To 1B Gallons of SAF from Alder Fuels

Avfuel has struck a deal to purchase one billion gallons of sustainable aviation fuel from biocrude specialist Alder Fuels over the next 20 years.
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Aircraft

Spanish Airline Plans Airship Services From 2026

Air Nostrum says it plans to be the launch operator for Hybrid Air Vehicles' 100-seat Airlander 10 airship on domestic routes of up to around 265 miles.
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Aircraft

Otto Reveals Plan for Hydrogen-powered 19-Seat Celera

Otto Aviation has confirmed plans for a 19-seat, hydrogen-powered version of its Celera aircraft that could be operated on flights of up to 1,000 nm.
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Aircraft

Universal Hydrogen, Connect Airlines Plan ATR 72 Conversions

Universal Hydrogen said it has collected a firm order from prospective regional carrier Connect Airlines to covert 75 ATR 72-600s to hydrogen power.
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Environment

ICAO Launches New SAF Development Assistance Program

ICAO has launched its new multinational Assistance, Capacity-building, and Training for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (ACT-SAF) program.
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Environment

Gevo Teams with Google Cloud on Biofuel Verifications

Sustainable fuel producer Gevo has signed an agreement with Google Cloud to measure and verify the environmental benefits of next-generation biofuels.
Charter & Fractional

Sino Jet Aims To Be Carbon Neutral by 2035

Hong Kong-based business jet charter and management company Sino Jet has pledged to be fully carbon neutral by 2035.
Environment

UK SAF Project Selects Engineering Firm

Industrial engineering solutions firm Worley has received a contract to provide engineering and design services for a renewable energy project in the UK.
Environment

Textron Aviation Achieves NATA Sustainability Standard

The Wichita airframer has certified all 20 of its service centers under the NATA Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses.
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Environment

Embraer Goes On Green Power in 2024

Embraer will run its Brazilian operations on 100 percent renewable electricity starting in 2024.
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Aircraft

Airbus To Open Hydrogen Tech Development Center in UK

A new Airbus Zero Emission Development Center in Filton, UK, will concentrate on the development of a cryogenic fuel system for hydrogen-powered airliners.
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Environment

Bombardier's Booth: An Upcycled Wonderland

Highlighting its new line of upcycled cabin furnishings, Bombardier's booth had an eco-conscious makeover this year.
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Aircraft

Greater Safety Can Drive Greater AAM Acceptance

With certification standards being set high, the advanced air mobility community hopes that the concept will receive high public approval.
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Environment

Experts Teach How To Build Sustainable Business

AIN Media Group hosted a meeting about the steps business aviation companies and their customers can take to achieve carbon neutrality.
Environment

While Still a Trickle, SAF Flow Increases

With some SAF-use mandates already imposed, and others under consideration, the fuel industry is moving to raise SAF production.
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Environment

Gulfstream Continues To Broaden Environmental Stewardship

With more than a decade of experience in renewable fuel use, Gulfstream has become an industry leader in sustainability.
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Environment

Avfuel Earns Sustainability Designation

Avfuel’s Michigan headquarters has been designated as a Tier-1 Green Aviation Business under NATA's Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses.
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Environment

Jet Aviation Earns San Marino AOC, Starts SAF in Singapore

Jet Aviation has added a new air operator certificate for San Marino, while it starts up a supply of sustainable aviation fuel at its Singapore FBO.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Raises Green Bar with Eco Jet, Declarations

The manufacturer sees a blended wing as the basis for a quantum leap in carbon reduction, and is now auditing the environmental credentials of current jets
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Environment

EBACE Luncheon Provides Food for Sustainability Thoughts

Monday's sustainability lunch at EBACE examined where the industry is and where it is going on its journey towards net-zero carbon emissions.
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Aircraft

VoltAero’s Cassio 1 To Perform Demo Flights in the Netherlands

France’s VoltAero plans to perform demonstration flights with its first Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft starting June 13.
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Aircraft

Textron Enters Electric Aviation Age With Pipistrel Acquisition

Textron's Pipistrel subsidiary could catapult the company into the electric aviation age, with drones, hydrogen propulsion, and eVTOL vehicles in the mix.
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Engines

MagniX Steps Up Electric Caravan Plans with New Leader

MagniX has plans to convert several aircraft, including the Grand Caravan and the DHC-2 Beaver to electric propulsion.
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Engines

Hydrogen Innovator's Big Propulsion Plans Starts Small

Hydroplane is developing a 200 kW hydrogen fuel cell powerplant it says will be affordable for current small single-engine aircraft.
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Aircraft

VistaJet Goes Greener with New Whitepaper

VistaJet doubles down on 2025 carbon neutrality at EBACE with new whitepaper detailing industry challenges, solutions
Engines

Daher: EcoPulse To Fly by Year End

Daher's hybrid-powered EcoPulse testbed developed with Safran and Airbus is expected to take to the skies by year-end.
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Aircraft

Bombardier Sees Blended-wing Future for Business Jets

Bombardier's research and technology teams have been flight testing a scale-model of a blended wing airframe that could be part of a green Eco Jet design.
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Aircraft

Piaggio Ponders Electric and Hydrogen-electric Aircraft

Piaggio has considered new propulsion systems for its P180 Avanti Evo twin turboprop, but has concluded a new airframe is required.
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Environment

Jet Aviation Brings SAF To Geneva for the First Time

Thanks to a deal signed by Jet Aviation with French fuel producer TotalEnergies, private aircraft departing EBACE 2022 can uplift SAF.
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Airports

Farnborough Airport Invests in a Green Growth Future

The London-area airport is building a third hangar, while looking ahead to the arrival of new electric aircraft and introducing lower-carbon fuels.
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