Environment

In its first year of operation, 4Air has enabled the offset or reduction of one million metric tons of CO2 and facilitated 250,000 carbon-neutral flights.

Sustainable fuel technology company LanzaJet has received a $50 milllion investment from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.

The EPA has responded to a renewed push to ban leaded fuel, saying it has completed its analysis and could issue an endangerment finding in 2023.

California-based FBO operator ACI Jet is now stocking continual supplies of sustainable aviation fuel at its John Wayne-Orange County Airport location.

Global petrochemical fuel provider ExxonMobil has partnered with sustainable aviation fuel producer Neste to provide SAF distribution in France.

The Hycogen process is combined with Fischer Tropsch technology to convert up to 95 percent of recovered CO2 into synthetic crude oil used to make fuel.

Italy’s Milan Linate Airport is now the first in the country to fuel a business aircraft with sustainable aviation fuel.

The turboprop Catalyst also shows promise for hybrid-electric power, according to GE Aviation.

Atlantic Aviation introduced a new initiative at Colorado’s Aspen-Pitkin County Airport that will have all fuel bought and used there be carbon neutral.

Limitations of current emergency oxygen systems and safety concerns over some countries, like Afghanistan, are forcing airlines to fly longer-routes.

To celebrate the holidays, JSSI is purchasing enough carbon credits to offset several thousand tonnes of carbon emissions on behalf of its clients.

The IATA Aviation Carbon Exchange has gained its first signatory, Qatar Airways.

The certification applies to the Part 135 operator's FBO at Camarillo Airport in California.

Aviation groups are protesting the decision by California’s Santa Clara County to ban the sale of 100LL aviation gasoline at two GA airports.

Looking to amplify its efforts to establish supply chains for sustainable aviation fuel, the FAA has awarded more than $14 million to university research.

Clay Lacy Aviation has become the first company certified under NATA’s recently launched Sustainability Standard for Aviation Businesses program.

ZeroAvia and De Havilland Aircraft of Canada have signed an MoU calling for development of a hydrogen-electric propulsion program for the Dash 8-400.

The partnership between AirGo and Victor is hoped to raise awareness and increased use of sustainable aviation fuel.

Joining Alaska Airlines in a $35 million round of financing, United Airlines has taken purchase rights on 100 of ZeroAvia’s hydrogen-electric powerplants.

Improving aircraft efficiency is also a way for business jet operators to become more sustainable.

Europe is taking a “stick” approach to reducing aircraft CO2 emissions, while the U.S. is going the “carrot” route.

Sustainable aviation fuel is the only pathway for flight departments to meaningfully reduce Scope 1 (direct) emissions, according to a fuel expert.

Business aviation operators seeking to become more sustainable should set small goals and then increase it later, according to 4AIR COO Nancy Bsales.

For business aircraft operators, the benefits of sustainability can yield competitive advantages, not just a smaller environmental footprint.

4AIR has partnered with the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA)—led by the University of Cambridge—to help achieve further emissions reductions.

Jet Aviation has partnered with sustainable aviation fuel provider SkyNRG to launch its book-and-claim service.

Airlines for Europe managing director Thomas Reynaert calls on European transport ministers to push for needed compromises to advance SES adoption.

The aircraft engine maker has generated more than 1MW of power with its hybrid-electric Power Generation System as it aims to achieve an output of 2.5 MW.

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provider Neste has signed an agreement to provide its SAF product at Jet Aviation’s FBO at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

The Aerospace Technology Institute says the 279-passenger, intercontinental design is the first of three liquid hydrogen-powered airliner concepts.