Environment

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

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Dutch Start-up Maeve Unveils All-Electric Regional Airliner

The company claims battery technology will be sufficient to carry 44 passengers over 250 nm by 2029, with range and payload to increase in the future.

Aircraft

April 13, 2023

EBACE Keynoters To Mix Racing, Bizav, and Sustainability

F1 executives Toto and Susie Wolff will highlight sustainability in racing and business aviation during the keynote session at EBACE 2023 in Geneva.

Environment

April 13, 2023

Liebherr Developing Air Supply System for Airbus ZeroE Program

Toulouse-based Liebherr-Aerospace has entered the second phase of study into an air supply demonstrator for Airbus’s hydrogen fuel-cell system.

Aircraft

April 11, 2023

Study: SAF Will Be $10 Billion Industry by 2029

A study released this week by Exactitude Consultancy sees the SAF market growing by more than 60 percent a year through 2029.

Environment

April 11, 2023

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FAA Invests $19M in Aviation Noise Research

The FAA has awarded $19 million in research grants to 14 universities in an effort to reduce noise pollution associated with aviation.

Environment

April 10, 2023

Airlines Win Legal Challenge to Schiphol Flight Caps

A Dutch court overruled a government plan to cut Amsterdam Schiphol airport’s annual flight limit to 460,000 from November.

Airlines

April 5, 2023

EBAA Calls Greenpeace Report a Distortion of Facts

EBAA refutes a new report from Greenpeace which claims that business aviation's private jet pollution doubled in one year.

Environment

April 4, 2023

Dassault Falcon Adds SAF at Little Rock Facility

Dassault's continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel in Little Rock will be used for all Falcons departing from its completions facility there.

Environment

April 3, 2023

Atlantic Amps Up Its Electric Game at Aspen Airport

Atlantic Aviation has positioned one of the industry's first all-electric refuelers at its Aspen location, as it moves to electrify its ground equipment.

Environment

March 30, 2023

IBAC Joins ICAO on SAF Initiative

International Business Aviation Council and International Civil Aviation Organization team on program to spur the adoption and production of SAF worldwide.

Environment

March 30, 2023

United Airlines To Invest $15 million in Carbon-capture Enterprise

A $5 million investment in carbon-capture company Svante aligns with United Airlines’ goal of zero CO2 emissions by 2050.

Airlines

March 29, 2023

GAO: Govt Should Monitor SAF Grand Challenge Progress

The GAO says government departments should develop performance measures for reaching sustainable aviation fuel goals.

Environment

March 29, 2023

Daher Plans To Up Production, Add Hybrid-electric TBM

Daher is boosting production capacity and plans to expand its product lineup with a hybrid-electric TBM airplane.

Aircraft

March 29, 2023

Clean Aviation Team Presses For Hybrid-Electric Regional Craft

Development of hybrid-electric regional airliners must happen in sync with the entire aviation 'ecosystem,' according to Clean Aviation partner Leonardo.

Aircraft

March 27, 2023

Centennial Airport To Incentivize Unleaded Avgas Adoption

Officials in Colorado have voted to incentivize the introduction of UL94 unleaded avgas and introduce it at Centennial Airport as soon as practical.

Environment

March 23, 2023

Safran Boss Tells EU Commission SAF Mandates Are ‘Too Shy’

Olivier Andriès, CEO of Safran, warns that Europe will fall behind the U.S. if it does not heighten its SAF usage and production ambitions.

Engines

March 22, 2023

Bay Area FBO Adds Unleaded Avgas

APP Jet Center at San Francisco-area Hayward Executive Airport has added UL94 unleaded avgas to its fuel offerings.

Environment

March 13, 2023

Advanced Air Mobility Pioneers Aim to Transform Vertical Flight

Plans for a Norwegian emergency medical service to deploy the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL are set to be among the early use cases for all-electric aircraft.

Aircraft

March 8, 2023

DisruptiveLab Starts Testing Airbus's Latest Helicopter Advances

The DisruptiveLab demonstrator will slash CO2 emissions by 50 percent, says Airbus.

Engines

March 3, 2023

New eVTOL Aircraft Set to Co-exist Alongside Helicopters

Helicopter operators worldwide have started to make plans to add new eVTOL aircraft into their fleets, only in some cases replacing existing rotorcraft.

Aircraft

March 1, 2023