Environment

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

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Business Aviation Braces for Brussels Eco-protests

This week, a private jet was damaged by paint at Tires Airport in Portugal

Environment

December 8, 2023

Europe's Free Route Airspace Opens Up Direct Routes

Free route airspace expansion has been implemented by control centers in Maastricht and Karlsruhe

ATC

December 6, 2023

EcoPulse Demonstrator Makes First Hybrid-electric Flight

The technology demonstrator that flew last week is a converted TBM900 aircraft

Environment

December 5, 2023

The Fast, the Far-reaching, and the Future

A range of technologies forwarded in 2023

Aircraft

December 4, 2023

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Impatient eVTOL Start-ups May Have To Embrace Crawl-Walk-Run

Type certification remains an uphill task, as does building the advanced air mobility ecosystem

Regulations and Government

December 4, 2023

Air Charter Association Announces Excellence Awards

Winners from across the industry were honored at an event in Brighton

Charter & Fractional

November 30, 2023

Rolls-Royce To Exit Electrical Propulsion Business

The aircraft engine maker is looking for buyers for its Electrical division

Engines

November 28, 2023

Lawmakers Seek To Secure Use of Agriculture for SAF

Bills could expand SAF sources and educate on unleaded aviation fuels

Environment

November 28, 2023

Virgin's SAF Transatlantic Flight is COP28 Prelude

The air transport industry aims to demonstrate SAF's potential as political skepticism surrounds UN gathering in the UAE

Environment

November 28, 2023

Azul Plans To Electrify Caravan Fleet with Surf Air

Brazilian airline seeks to convert 27 Cessna Caravans to electric power

Environment

November 27, 2023

Jefferies: Some Sustainable Aviation Fuels Are Greener Than Others

Report shows the amount of lifecycle CO2 emissions savings can vary greatly

Environment

November 27, 2023

ICAO Adopts SAF Acceptance Framework at Dubai Event

Third ICAO Conference on Aviation and Alternative Fuels served to reinforce industry's decarbonization goals

Environment

November 27, 2023

Abu Dhabi Investors Acquire Charter Platform Fly Victor

Aviation Investment Group has bought all outstanding shares from founder and chairman Clive Jackson

Charter & Fractional

November 24, 2023

Dassault a ‘Major Patron’ in Tree-planting Campaign

The project calls for the planting of a million trees in the Paris Region

Environment

November 22, 2023

IBAC's Edwards Stresses Need for Book-and-claim

Edwards tells ICAO gathering that book-and-claim addresses current SAF limitations

Environment

November 20, 2023

Gulfstream Completes First Transatlantic Flight on 100% SAF

Savannah to London flight using sustainable aviation fuel cut CO2 emissions by more than 70%

Environment

November 20, 2023

Spanish Airline Commits To Operating Electric Aircraft

The regional airline will buy 10 electric propulsion conversion kits

Engines

November 16, 2023

Electric Air Taxis Take Flight in New York City

Joby and Volocopter fly their eVTOL prototypes from the Downtown Manhattan Heliport

Rotorcraft

November 14, 2023

Bombardier Underlines Commitment to SAF

The airframer marks a one-year SAF agreement with Signature Aviation

Environment

November 13, 2023

Archer Stakes Claim to eVTOL Markets in UAE and India

The four-passenger Midnight aircraft is on display at the Dubai Airshow

Aircraft

November 13, 2023