sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

By Alan Dron
Eurocontrol predicts the number of flights within its area will increase over 50% by 2050 and achieving net-zero emissions by then will remain “challenging.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
The change in U.S. leadership injects uncertainly into aviation’s climate progress.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Bill Carey, Molly McMillin, Lee Ann Shay
A look at what’s trending—and what has lost popularity—in the business aviation aftermarket.
Business Aviation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Germany’s Concrete Chemicals has won EC approval for €350 million ($364 million) of German funding to support the production of synthetic aviation fuels.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The Flight Emissions Label aimed at giving passengers the chance to better assess the environmental impact of their flight is set to be operational in July 2025
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Air New Zealand will acquire 30 million liters of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Neste, or 1.6% of the airline’s total fuel supply for fiscal 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Pathway Energy has emerged from stealth with plans to build the first in a series of commercial-scale SAF production facilities on the Gulf Coast.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Cathay Pacific has welcomed a new report on sustainable aviation fuel that proposes a wide range of measures to encourage the use of such fuel in Hong Kong.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA says the pace of growth in SAF volumes remains disappointing, and more action is needed—especially from traditional oil companies—to boost quantities.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
IAG's sustainability officer Jonathon Counsell discusses incoming EU sustainability regulations, as well as e-fuels, CORSIA and contrails.
Window Seat Podcast

By Helen Massy-Beresford
As European airlines gear up for the entry into force of the ReFuelEU SAF mandate in less than a month, NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) ranked 77 airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Aviation leaders shared strategies for reducing emissions at the IMPACT Aviation Stocktake Forum in London.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
She sees potential for airlines to benefit from 20% margins by investing in fuel production, especially as fuel represents around 30% of an airline’s cost base.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Airlines are desperate to get their hands on hard-to-get sustainable aviation fuels. Now criminals are trying to cash in on the supply-demand imbalance.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Victoria Moores
International Airlines Group says it has signed a new 10-year sustainable aviation fuel purchase agreement with e-SAF producer Infinium.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Can Southeast Asia’s diverse array of cash and agricultural crops boost aviation’s SAF supply?
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
As e-fuels shift to early production, what are the hidden barriers beyond finance?
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
HSBC will make a purchase of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to offset some of the carbon impact of its corporate flights operated by Cathay Pacific.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
The net-zero transition comes with big dollar costs and actions that only governments and other industries can make.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
The creation of so-called green flight paths could have a snowball effect on the promotion, appropriation and production of SAF, a research paper suggests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Bird-inspired anti-stall flaps; green flightpaths; deflected-thrust eVTOL; and hydrogen refueling guidelines.
Emerging Technologies

By David Casey
UK regional startup Ecojet Airlines has launched a £20 million ($25.5 million) capital raise as it works toward securing an AOC from the Civil Aviation Authority.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
Gulfstream Aerospace has completed ground emissions testing of 100% neat sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with zero sulfur on its new Gulfstream G700.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
DG Fuels plans to build a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility Moorhead, Minnesota, with production anticipated to begin in 2030.
Emerging Technologies