Sun-to-liquid jet fuel market heats up as Swiss aims to be first user
Lufthansa Group carrier Swiss will harness the power of the sun next year when it becomes the launch customer for a carbon-neutral solar fue... Continue Reading
Safety
EASA warns of GPS jamming around conflict zone
Europe’s aviation safety agency EASA is warning aviation authorities, air navigation service providers and aircraft operators that jamming o... Continue Reading
Safran eyes interiors breakeven in 2022, makes environmental pledge
Safran’s interiors business, including its seats, cabins and inflight entertainment system lines, took a near 20% revenue hit in 2021 owing ... Continue Reading
Aviation stakeholders respond to western sanctions against Russia
Western sanctions against Russia have placed the country’s aviation industry in an increasingly isolated position. Russian aircraft are bann... Continue Reading
Russia faces overflight bans, aircraft repossessions as sanctions bite
Watching Russia’s aggressive war on Ukraine unfold in real time online is an inexplicable experience from within the aviation industry. Even... Continue Reading
Canada to loosen travel restrictions but some confusion remains
The Government of Canada on 28 February will relax some of the various travel restrictions it implemented in the last two years to stem the ... Continue Reading
Airbus picks CFM and GE engine for A380 ZEROe hydrogen testbed
Airbus and Safran-GE joint venture CFM will flight test a direct hydrogen combustion engine aboard Airbus’ A380 MSN1 test platform, the comp... Continue Reading
New global SAF declaration lacks detail and ambition, argue critics
Singapore Airlines and three aerospace OEMs have signed a new declaration calling for global industry players to work together to increase t... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Aviation’s COVID problem isn’t airplanes: it’s airports
How much money has the aviation industry invested in keeping passengers safe from catching COVID-19 in the air — and in explaining everythin... Continue Reading
Airlines team with green groups to demand ambitious EU SAF goals
Calls for a faster transition to cleaner jet fuels in Europe grew louder this week with airlines and environmental groups uniting for the fi... Continue Reading
UK mulls new passenger protections, including for wheelchair users
The UK government is considering mandating that airlines provide wheelchair users and PRMs with “the full amount of compensation” for any da... Continue Reading
5G delay around airports lauded by US majors but regionals in the cold
Facing a torrent of opposition and concern from the aviation community about the potential impact on flight operations of AT&T and Veriz... Continue Reading
Tackling unlawful interference for ICAO, meet Shefali Juneja
Dr. Shefali Juneja, who has served as representative of India to the International Civil Aviation Organization since August 2019, is the fir... Continue Reading
Two accessible lav options to be offered on 737 MAX: Collins Aerospace
Boeing’s next generation of 737 MAX twinjets will offer two types of accessible lavatory options for operators — including a more spac... Continue Reading
Fifty US airports to have buffers when telcos turn on new 5G services
In a bid to support the safe coexistence of flight operations and major telcos’ deployment of 5G services in the C-band, fifty US airports w... Continue Reading