Sustainability and Environment

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

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Connect Skies Broker To Focus on Sustainable Aircraft

Veteran broker Gabriella Somerville is launching Connect Skies to promote more sustainable business aircraft and charter operations.

Aircraft

September 4, 2020

Textron Aviation Deliveries To Include Tank of SAF

Textron Aviation will also offer SAF to customers of its Wichita service center.

Sustainability and Environment

September 2, 2020

Faradair's Hybrid Electric Aircraft Finds Fresh Impetus in New Duxford Home

After almost abandoning the UK for the U.S., Faradair is staying on home turf to step up plans to get its BEHA hybrid-electric to market by 2024.

Aircraft

September 1, 2020

Bizav Industry To Hold Online SAF Summit Next Month

The Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Fuel will sponsor its first two-day online summit next month.

Sustainability and Environment

August 27, 2020

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Vertical Aerospace Unveils VA-1X Fixed Wing eVTOL

The all-electric VA-1X aircraft is expected to enter service in 2024 and will be able to carry four passengers up to 100 miles at speeds of around 150 mph.

Charter & Fractional

August 26, 2020

Self-charging Diamond Batteries Set To Power Aircraft

NDB says its self-charging nano diamond batteries will be far more efficient than current technologies and will not require any supporting infrastructure.

Engines

August 25, 2020

Latest Boeing ecoDemonstrator Flies to Montana for Trials

An Etihad Airways 787-10 will undergo two and a half weeks of environmental testing before flying to Abu Dhabi.

Aircraft

August 24, 2020

AINsight: In Search of a Sustainable Future

The newly updated Fueling the Future: Sustainable Aviation Fuel Guide is a timely reminder of steady environmental progress and opportunities ahead.

Sustainability and Environment

August 21, 2020

Air bp, Neste To Increase European SAF Deliveries

Air bp and sustainable fuel producer Neste have inked an agreement to increase the flow of SAF over the coming year.

Sustainability and Environment

August 19, 2020

California FBO Receives First SAF Load

ACI Jet took its first load of SAF at its John Wayne-Orange Couny Airport facility this week.

Sustainability and Environment

August 14, 2020

European Companies Partner on Composite Recycling

Aerocircular has partnered with the UK’s ELG Carbon Fibre to develop more viable methods to reclaim composite material for recycling.

Sustainability and Environment

August 14, 2020

Phillips 66 Goes In on Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Phillips 66 is planning to fully convert its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, California from crude oil processing to renewable fuels.

Sustainability and Environment

August 13, 2020

MTU Teams with DLR To Advance Hydrogen Fuel Cells

MTU Aero Engines and Germany's DLR aerospace research center intend to flight test a hydrogen-powered version of a Dornier Do228 aircraft.

Aircraft

August 13, 2020

XO Rolls Out Carbon-offset Plan

The private lift provider has introduced a carbon-offset option for its customers.

Charter & Fractional

August 12, 2020

NY North Shore Helo Route Extended to 2022

The FAA has extended the rule requiring pilots operating civil helicopters under VFR to use the New York North Shore helicopter route to Aug. 5, 2022.

Sustainability and Environment

August 11, 2020

MagniX Sees Regional Operators as Electric Aviation Pioneers

Electric propulsion specialist MagniX is stepping up flight testing of electric versions of the Cessna Caravan and DHC-2 Beaver.

Aircraft

August 10, 2020

AINdebrief Episode 20 | August 8, 2020

Covid Lowers Aircraft Emissions, WingX Bizav Data, Beechcraft King Air 360, Aspen Avionics Joins Airo, Bombardier 2Q, FAA Releases 737 Max Recert Road Map

Aircraft

August 7, 2020

Dip in Flight Activity Cut CO2 Emissions By 70 Percent in Europe

Data gathered from Spire's satellites showed a 43 percent reduction in flights, resulting in a cut in carbon dioxide emissions of just over 70 percent.

Sustainability and Environment

August 3, 2020

EmbraerX Starts Simulator Tests for New eVTOL Aircraft

EmbraerX is stepping up development of a four-seat, all-electric eVTOL, while also preparing a concept of operations for urban air traffic management.

Aircraft

July 23, 2020

Amid Covid Crisis, Air bp Sees SAF Optimism

While air traffic levels have plummeted during the Covid pandemic, Air bp still sees a strong case for the continued adoption of SAF.

Sustainability and Environment

July 22, 2020