Sustainability

By Guy Norris
Net zero—out of reach by the middle of the century ... or is it?
Emerging Technologies

By Jens Flottau
The association questions whether airlines can achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, receiving applause from the industry and criticism from environmental groups
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
Ronald Lam became Cathay Group CEO in January 2023. He is also chair of Cathay’s LCC, HK Express Airways, and director at John Swire & Sons.
Airlines & Lessors

By Victoria Moores
ICAO’s environmental protection committee (CAEP) has come up with a mechanism to track aviation’s progress toward net zero.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Cooling megawatt fuel cells, a hybrid-electric regional jet and a streetwise flying car.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
Industry associations sound the alarm over pending judicial action in California related to unleaded avgas for piston-engine aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
The airline industry will have to review its target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, IATA Director General Willie Walsh said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
In contrast with ATR’s parallel hybrid approach to the EVO, Aura Aero is betting on a series hybrid layout involving two turbogenerators.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris, Jens Flottau
MTU and Pratt & Whitney want a place on the next narrowbodies developed by Boeing and Airbus. The engine-makers now rule out an open fan.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Arcadia eFuels and LanzaJet have flagged several EU policy discrepancies which are making it harder to get their projects off the ground.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The European aviation sector said the Clean Industrial Deal for decarbonizing the industrial sector is “a positive first step” but urged further action.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By William Moore
This week’s Carbon Analysis looks at a selection of Star Alliance members, namely Air India, Brussels Airlines, Thai Airways International and Turkish Airlines.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Chen Chuanren
ENEOS and Mitsubishi Corporation will jointly conduct a Front End Engineering Design to advance the study of SAF at ENEOS’ Wakayama Plant.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
While some radars improve detection of weather-related turbulence, clear air turbulence detection remains difficult. One company looks to negate the phenomenon.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Jens Flottau
A Munich startup maintains that it can use available technology to develop an electric short-haul aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Twelve has raised an additional $83 million in funding to build power-to-liquid fuel plants, beginning with its AirPlant One facility in Moses Lake, Washington.
Emerging Technologies

By William Moore
This week, the Carbon Analysis focuses on airlines based in the Caribbean region, namely Air Caraibes, Caribbean Airlines, InterCaribbean Airways and WINAIR.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Europe needs investment to drive much-needed growth in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) volumes, the European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Two stakeholder groups—Project SkyPower and the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Institute (SAFII)—have detailed separate plans to accelerate the roll out of SAF.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
The airframer has received approval for a maintenance interval extension on the nose landing gear, and engineers are working to improve other systems.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
Supernal eVTOL breaks cover; Climate Impulse takes shape; monitoring battery health; autonomous aerial application.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
A new International Council on Clean Transportation study says commercial aircraft fuel-burn improvements have stagnated since 2020.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Paul Seidenman, David Spanovich
Aviation coating technologies are being developed to provide increased protection and sustainability.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Joe Anselmo, Thierry Dubois, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
As Airbus puts hydrogen on the back burner and ATR delays its hybrid-electric turboprop, does the industry have a prayer of meeting its net-zero goals?
Check 6

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
The zero-emission airliner delay leaves advancing hydrogen to startups that are focusing on retrofits and smaller aircraft.
Emerging Technologies