Environment

For business aviation companies, a successful sustainability plan must be conceived with end goals in mind.

The leasing group has now found prospective operators for 550 of Vertical Aerospace's four-passenger VX4 eVTOL aircraft, with deliveries to start in 2024.

Some turbine aircraft operators in Europe will be able to reduce the amount of contingency fuel required, with the aim to reduce aircraft carbon emissions.

One of the Rolls-Royce Trent 900s used in the first A380 test aircraft cruised on pure SAF for about three hours on March 25.

Fast Air Executive Aviation has become the first in Canada to achieve NATA’s sustainability certification for aviation businesses.

Avolon and Air Greenland partner to bring zero-emissions air travel to the region.

Jet Aviation has signed the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2030 Ambition Statement which aims to increase sustainable aviation fuel supply.

Despite advances in technology leading to quieter airplanes, the FAA needs to do more to address community concerns about aircraft noise, said the GAO.

Air bp has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to furnish the UK-based engine maker with sustainable aviation fuel to power its engine testing programs.

Norway’s North Energy Cluster will create the SAF infrastructure to help realize Deutsche Aircraft’s ambitions to develop a new D328 regional airliner.

Textron will make further investments in European electric aircraft maker Pipistrel, which will be the foundation for its new eAviation division.

An MOU announced Thursday calls for Delta and Airbus to collaborate on the introduction of a hydrogen-powered airliner in the U.S. by 2035.

The British Business & General Aviation Association discussed a carrot-and-stick approach to overcoming cost-based objections to sustainable aviation fuel.

Signature Flight Support has introduced permanent supplies of sustainable aviation fuel for retail sale at its Vail Valley Jet Center FBO.

Safran’s strategy for future powerplants is based on three pillars: more efficient engines, hybrid-electric technologies, and sustainable aviation fuel.

The proposed partnership with NetJets marks a shift in business model for eVTOL aircraft developer Lilium, which is recruiting operating partners.

AOPA chief Mark Baker and GAMA's Pete Bunce are encouraged by progress made but said there is no silver bullet yet on unleaded avgas.

A study commissioned by a Dutch agency examined cases in three Caribbean Islands as the basis for its projections on fully electric regional services.

Virgin Group has partnered with chemical conversion company Agilyx to develop a new sustainable aviation fuel based on waste plastics.

In efforts to assess helicopter hybrid propulsion, Leonardo has selected its single engine AW09 on which to build its hybrid prototype.

The results come in the first year of the Directional Aviation jet card provider's sustainability program.

Testing of a hydrogen-powered A380 would help Airbus meet its stated goal of introducing a narrowbody-class commercial aircraft by 2035.

Shell has become the first fuel company to bring sustainable aviation fuel to Singapore.

Foreign and domestic operators of large aircraft flying under Part 91/135 to airports in the EU will need to register on EASA’s environmental portal.

Airlines in the Asia-Pacific region have accelerated their sustainability efforts even though governments have been slow to mandate carbon-reduction goals.

Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region are poised to serve as a fulcrum for new sustainable aviation technologies.

German eVTOL aircraft developer Volocopter has published its Singapore Roadmap covering the potential for urban air mobility services.

LanzaJet will partner with Marquis Sustainable Fuel to build an integrated fuel plant with a capacity of 120 million gallons a year in Hennepin, Illinois.

Collins Aerospace has implemented many of its largest and most important industrial sustainability initiatives at its Asia-Pacific facilities.

The UK's Aerospace Technology Institute published a new FlyZero report, but is still awaiting a government decision on funding for zero carbon plans.