Environment

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

Bombardier Global 7500 operated for charter with Elit'Avia on the airport ramp
Jul 20, 2022 - 12:37 PM
Elit’Avia Launches ‘Green’ Jet Card Program
The European charter provider Elit’Avia has introduced a new jet card program, called the “Elit’Avia Green Card,” offering carbon-neutral charter flights.
The Airlander 10 airship
Jul 20, 2022 - 11:00 AM
Collins Produces First Prototype Motor for Airlander 10
The Airlander 10 hybrid airship promises zero-emissions flight by 2030.
Jul 20, 2022 - 9:24 AM
P&W, Collins Team on Hybrid-Electric AAM Demonstrator
P&W and Collins are developing a hybrid-electric technology demonstrator for advanced air mobility vehicles.
Wisk CEO Gary Gysin
Jul 20, 2022 - 8:31 AM
Wisk Says Autonomous eVTOLs Will Transform City Mobility
The Boeing-backed company is building a four-passenger aircraft based on extensive flight testing of its Cora technology demonstrator.
crowds at FIA 2022
Jul 20, 2022 - 6:14 AM
Aerospace Needs Top Talent To Achieve Green Future
McKinsey analysts say skills and supply chain headaches are holding back aerospace, but there are major opportunities from the quest for sustainability.
Airbus Blue Condor
Jul 20, 2022 - 6:04 AM
Airbus Launches Program to Probe Hydrogen Power Contrails
Airbus has launched the Blue Condor project, using a hydrogen-powered glider to study the composition of hydrogen-generated contrails.
Jul 19, 2022 - 8:48 PM
Aviation Leaders Call Sustainability an 'Imperative,' SAF the Path
While government and industry leaders agree that SAF is necessary for net zero by 2050, they believe production must ramp up with incentives.
Supernal is developing a four-passenger, hydrogen-powered eVTOL aircraft.
Jul 19, 2022 - 1:11 PM
Rolls-Royce and Hyundai to Advance Hydrogen Propulsion
Rolls-Royce and Korean automaker Hyundai aim to conduct a joint hydrogen fuel-cell electric aircraft demonstration in 2025.
Jul 19, 2022 - 11:30 AM
Widerøe Joins Embraer’s Energia Advisory Group
Norway’s Widerøe signed as the first airline to join Embraer’s Energia Advisory Group, tasked with defining requirements for viable sustainable aviation.
Boom Overture rendering
Jul 19, 2022 - 10:15 AM
Boom, Collins Sign Expanded Deal for Overture Systems
Boom's supersonic Overture is designed to carry 65 to 80 passengers and will fly at twice the speed of today's aircraft.