Environment

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Environment

GAO: Govt Should Monitor SAF Grand Challenge Progress

The GAO says government departments should develop performance measures for reaching sustainable aviation fuel goals.
Flasks of SAF in lab
Aircraft

Daher Plans To Up Production, Add Hybrid-electric TBM

Daher is boosting production capacity and plans to expand its product lineup with a hybrid-electric TBM airplane.
Daher EcoPulse rendering
Aircraft

Clean Aviation Team Presses For Hybrid-Electric Regional Craft

Development of hybrid-electric regional airliners must happen in sync with the entire aviation 'ecosystem,' according to Clean Aviation partner Leonardo.
48-seat hybrid-electric aircraft
Environment

Centennial Airport To Incentivize Unleaded Avgas Adoption

Officials in Colorado have voted to incentivize the introduction of UL94 unleaded avgas and introduce it at Centennial Airport as soon as practical.
Cessna 172S in flight over airfield at Centennial Airport
Engines

Safran Boss Tells EU Commission SAF Mandates Are ‘Too Shy’

Olivier Andriès, CEO of Safran, warns that Europe will fall behind the U.S. if it does not heighten its SAF usage and production ambitions.
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Environment

Bay Area FBO Adds Unleaded Avgas

APP Jet Center at San Francisco-area Hayward Executive Airport has added UL94 unleaded avgas to its fuel offerings.
Piston airplane parked next to pumps at APP Jet Center's fuel farm at Hayward Executive Airport
Aircraft

Advanced Air Mobility Pioneers Aim to Transform Vertical Flight

Plans for a Norwegian emergency medical service to deploy the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL are set to be among the early use cases for all-electric aircraft.
Norwegian City Airbus
Engines

DisruptiveLab Starts Testing Airbus's Latest Helicopter Advances

The DisruptiveLab demonstrator will slash CO2 emissions by 50 percent, says Airbus.
Airbus Helicopters' DisruptiveLab
Aircraft

New eVTOL Aircraft Set to Co-exist Alongside Helicopters

Helicopter operators worldwide have started to make plans to add new eVTOL aircraft into their fleets, only in some cases replacing existing rotorcraft.
Archer's Midnight eVTOL aircraft.
Environment

New SAF Made From Air Could Be a Game Changer

The Air Company is pioneering a pathway for sustainable aviation fuel, one that uses limitless air as a feedstock.
Air Company's pilot sustainable aviation fuel production facility
Environment

Report: Aviation's Net-zero Goal Not Easily Achievable

Aviation must take a multi-pronged approach to reach net-zero and even then the path will be fraught with technological and practical difficulties.
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Charter & Fractional

KinectAir Plans To Add Electra eSTOLs to Charter Network

KinectAir plans to use Electra’s nine-passenger eSTOL aircraft to develop point-to-point regional air mobility services in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
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Environment

Bunce: Bizav Between 'Rock and Hard Place' on Environment in Europe

Business aviation is facing increasing environmental pressures in Europe but is prevented from taking steps such as SAF use, GAMA's Bunce warns.
Pete Bunce at State of Industry press conference 2023
Aircraft

Delivery Delays Pose Fleet Capacity Challenges for Qantas

The Australian flag carrier has had to source second-hand and leased aircraft while it awaits delayed new airliner deliveries from Airbus.
Qantas Airbus A350-1000 on taxiway near Qantas hangar facilities while on demonstration tour
Aircraft

Safran Tests 'More Electric' Turboprop

The Tech TP technology demonstrator is based on Safran Helicopter Engines' Ardiden-3 turboshaft engine family, incorporating electrical power.
Safran Helicopter Engines maintenance tech closing engine cowling on TP Tech technology demonstrator aircraft.
Environment

Modern Aviation Introduces SAF at First Location

FBO chain Modern Aviation is now offering SAF at one of its California locations, and plans to increase the flow to all of its facilities.
SAF refueler
Environment

EBAA AIROPS Conference Interrupted by Protest

A small group of protesters interrupted EBAA's annual AIROPS Europe conference, crashing the stage and disrupting airport operations in Brussels.
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Environment

Global Aerospace Offers Sustainability Path with 4Air

In a tie-up with 4Air, aviation insurer Global Aerospace is now offering a range of sustainability programs for its clients.
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Environment

Former NATA Head Obitts Takes Reins at Alder Fuels

Following Alder Fuels' termination of president and CEO Bryan Sherbacow, former NATA chief Tim Obitts has been given an interim CEO title.
Tim Obitts
Aircraft

European Green Aviation Projects Gain Funds and Momentum

New funding from both the European Union and the UK are fuelling multiple projects aimed at achieving air transport's net zero carbon objectives.
Pipistrel has been working on concepts for electric-powered regional airliners.
Aircraft

ANZ’s Mission Next Gen Aircraft Program Signs New Partners

Embraer, Heart Aerospace, and Universal Hydrogen have joined ATR and Airbus as partners in Air New Zealand’s program to field a zero-emissions aircraft.
Digital rendering of Heart Aerospace's ES-30 electric regional aircraft in flight
Environment

Sheltair Partners With Sea Turtle Rescue Charity

Turtles Fly Too has been recruiting private pilots to carry stranded sea turtles since 2014. FBO chain Sheltair will now make it easier for them.
Rescued sea turtle
Airports

London-area Farnborough Airport Soars to New Heights

Farnborough Airport set a traffic record in 2022 and is now the top business aviation airport in the London area.
UK Farnborough Airport
Environment

Safran Looks To Go Green

French engine manufacturer Safran plans to install solar panels at many of its production facilties, in step with its long term decarbonization goals.
Solar array at Safran facility
Environment

Mapping a Blueprint Toward Sustainability

Business aviation industry leaders advise looking holistically at sustainability, look at available resources, and "just start."
Green aircraft
Environment

Flight-shaming: Challenging the Narrative

European business aviation operators have repeatedly been grappling with environmental activism but are fighting back with sustainability.
There is no planet B
Environment

FAA Adds Continuous Descents at 11 More Airports

The optimized profile descents now available at 64 U.S. airports reduce aircraft fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
optimized profile descent into an airport saves fuel and reduces aircraft emissions and noise
Environment

Honeywell Receives First SAF Shipment at Phoenix Campus

Engine and ground equipment manufacturer Honeywell will begin using SAF at its Phoenix engine campus after receiving its first delivery.
World Energy Sustainable Fuel Plant in Paramount, California
Aircraft

Australian Government Funds Plans To Electrify Aircraft

Dovetail Electric Aviation received an AUD$3 million grant from the Australian government to convert turboprop aircraft to electric propulsion.
Textron King Air
Environment

Singapore To Launch SAF Offtake Study

To boost its competitiveness as a global sustainable air travel hub, Singapore is looking to develop the framework to have permanent SAF supplies.
Samples of SAF in testing lab