Environment
News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.
Environment
Russian Partners Set To Fly Hybrid-electric Airliner Testbed
High-temperature superconductivity specialist SuperOx is providing a new electric motor and generator for a converted Yak-40 regional airliner.
Airports
Colorado Sees First Continuous SAF Supply
Colorado’s Telluride Regional Airport (KTEX) became the first location in Colorado to continually stock sustainable aviation fuel.
Environment
Atlantic Switches To Renewable Diesel at KLAX
Atlantic Aviation has fully replaced conventional fossil-based diesel fuel with renewable diesel at its Los Angeles International Airport FBO.
Charter & Fractional
NetJets Updates Global Sustainability Efforts
NetJets issues its first biannual report on its global sustainability program launched last October.
Environment
Alphabet Organizations Launch SAF Oversight Body
Several leading aviation organizations today announced the launch of the Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accountability (CoSAFA).
Engines
Williams Proves 100 Percent SAF on FJ44
Turbine engine maker Williams International has successfully completed a flight test of its FJ44-4 engine on 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel.
Airlines
United Airlines Launches SAF Purchasing Alliance
The Eco-Skies Alliance program aims to help create the economies of scale needed to make sustainable aviation fuel commercially viable.
Environment
Global Jet Capital Creates Carbon-offset Program
The program seeks to provide clients with a simplified process for purchasing verified carbon offsets.
Environment
Shell Invests in SAF Producer
The company has joined the investors in LanzaJet, a sustainable aviation fuel producer that has just launched its first commercial production facility.
Environment
Air bp Keeps the SAF Flowing
Air bp continues to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with ongoing deliveries at three UK locations.
Airlines
French Lawmakers Vote To Ban Some Domestic Flights
New restrictions on domestic scheduled air service in France might affect only five routes, but they could portend wider environmental restrictions.
Environment
Signature Flight Support Pumps 1M Gallons of SAF at SFO
Signature Flight Support has pumped more than one million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel at San Francisco International Airport.
Engines
Qatar’s Al Baker Challenges GE on Future Engine
Qatar Airways’ CEO has called on GE to accelerate efforts toward a “future-technology” engine.
Environment
Aviation Industry Supports New SAF Incentives
A coalition of aviation industry organizations and companies is asking the Biden Administration to establish new financial incentives for SAF producton.
Environment
SAF Flow in California Grows Stronger
Atlantic Aviation has become the latest FBO chain to begin offering permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel.
Airlines
U.S. Airlines Commit to Carbon Neutrality by 2050
As part of its environmental commitment, A4A has called for a rapid expansion of SAF production.
Aircraft
British Airways Backs ZeroAvia's Plan for Hydrogen Airliner
ZeroAvia's plan for 50- and 100-seat hydrogen-powered airliners are advancing alongside several other new hybrid-electric and electric aircraft.
Aircraft
Airbus’s Faury Pushes for Coordinated Sustainability Efforts
While Airbus pursues a hydrogen-powered airplane design, creating the conditions for its application must take priority.
Environment
NBAA Supports GAO SAF Study
NBAA today applauded a bipartisan congressional request for the Government Accounting Office to launch a study on measures to increase SAF use.
Environment
Bell To Fly on Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Bell will begin incorporating sustainable aviation fuel in all operations at its training academy and for use by its customer demonstration fleet.
Engines
Rolls-Royce Starts Work on First UltraFan Engine
Planning to complete its UltraFan demonstrator by year-end, Rolls begins to build the engine’s first example in Derby, UK.
Airports
London Biggin Hill Airport Joins SAF Set
London Biggin Hill Airport is the latest to offer continuous supplies of sustainable aviation fuel.
Aircraft
Finnair Plans To Electrify Fleet with Heart ES-19 Aircraft
A dozen airlines have now signed letters of interest covering potential orders for more than 300 of Heart Aerospace's all-electric 19-seat aircraft.
Airlines
Sweden Set To Introduce Emissions-based Charges for Flights
The Swedish government will introduce takeoff and landing charges to encourage airlines to use more fuel-efficient aircraft with lower emissions.
Aircraft
New SAF from Food Waste Promises Net-Zero Emissions
Researchers in the U.S. have developed a process to make SAF from discarded food and sewage.
Environment
Clay Lacy's California FBOs To Stock SAF
California-based Clay Lacy has become the latest FBO operator to announce it will continually stock sustainable aviation fuel.
Airlines
EasyJet CEO Questions Short-haul SAF Benefits
The chief executive of European LCC EasyJet sees hydrogen and electric propulsion as the best solution for short-haul flights.
Environment
Air Elite Member FBOs Become Carbon Neutral
World Fuel Services announced this week that 43 members of its sponsored Air Elite FBO Network achieved carbon neutrality in their operations for 2019.
Aircraft
Aerospace Partners To Test 100 Percent SAF in a Widebody
Airbus, DLR, Rolls-Royce, and Neste have launched a study into the benefits of flying a widebody airliner on 100 percent SAF.
Environment
Another UK FBO To Offer Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Centreline Aviation at the UK’s Bristol Airport has inked a deal with Air BP to become the country’s first independent, non-network retailer of SAF.
