Hanneke Weitering is a writer and editor with AIN covering advanced air mobility and new flight technologies. She became an aviation journalist and joined the AIN team in the summer of 2022 after reporting on spaceflight and astronomy for six years at Space.com. After earning a bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, she moved to New York City to pursue a master’s degree in science, health, and environmental reporting at New York University&#039;s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. After spending several years in the Pacific Northwest, she has returned to the Knoxville area.

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Hanneke Weitering

NBAA-BACE 2023 is kicking off this week with a series of discussions on sustainability and the progress toward decarbonizing aviation.&nbsp;
Held concurrently with the industry showcase this week, NBAA's annual Business Aviation Sustainability Summit will commence on Tuesday at 11 a.m. with a panel discussion about the next generation of aviation professionals and “the critical role that young people play in helping the industry to meet environmental goals.”
At 12 p.m. on Tuesday, a panel of propulsion experts will discuss the future of electric and hybrid aviation at an invitation-only newsmaker luncheon. To wrap up the first day of the sustainability summit, at 2:30 p.m. a group of aviation regulators and industry leaders will discuss the future of advanced air mobility (AAM) for urban and regional transportation.
Discussions of AAM will continue into Wednesday, as Day 2 of NBAA kicks off at 9:30 a.m. with a keynote session about new technologies that will enable sustainable on-demand flight operations. That panel includes speakers from Blade, UP.Partners, and the FAA.
Day 2 of the summit will feature another invitation-only newsmakers luncheon at noon, in which a panel of government and business leaders will scrutinize the aviation industry’s progress toward decarbonization and plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Following the luncheon, another panel will convene at 1 p.m. to discuss the impacts of environmental policies on the business aviation industry in the U.S. and Europe.

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

NBAA-BACE Kicks Off with Sustainability Talks

Panel sessions focus on decarbonizing aviation

NBAA-BACE 2023 kicks off in Las Vegas this week with a series of discussions on sustainability and the progress toward decarbonizing aviation. 

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Charles Alcock

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Manufacturer says solar power is part of efforts to reduce environmental footprint 

Solar Panels Now Power Gulfstream’s Mesa Service Center

News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.

News about commercial airlines, including regulations, aircraft orders, safety, acquisitions, and mergers.

Green Flyways initiative is considering the potential for MD Aircraft's eViator commuter

Partners Trial Electric Air Services in Norway and Sweden

Charlotte Bailey

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

News and issues relating to the aerospace industry that are related to the science, engineering and business of flight in space involving civil, industrial and military applications, and similar topics related to flight in the atmosphere of the Earth that are not covered more directly by other AINonline subject channels. In other words, both astronautical and aeronautical subjects, except for those aeronautical topics that are specifically covered elsewhere on this website.

UK’s ‘Operation Blue Skies’ to redirect commercial traffic in Shanwick airspace

North Atlantic Airspace-Scale Contrail Trial Underway

Curt Epstein

Emissions reduction indexes will help contrast economics with compliance mandates

Argus Releases Sustainable Aviation Fuel Evaluation Tool

Government-funded consortium to aims to connect remote communities 

Project SEAN Trials Electric Flights For Scotland

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Shift could come as the state's tax incentives change

Louisiana Could Supplant California as SAF Leader

New three-year campaign will design, build, and fly wing extension devices

WoT? Experimental Elongated Airbus Wings To Fly Next Year

Cristofer Slotoroff

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

NBAA-BACE 2023

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