UK firm seeks to reduce ocean plastic waste with new inflight skincare
Few who watched the recent BBC Blue Planet II episode depicting the plight of a mother pilot whale mourning her dead calf, which had likely ... Continue Reading
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US airlines seek to convince Trump to uphold CORSIA commitment
US airlines are urging the Trump administration to uphold President Obama’s commitment to participate in the voluntary phase of ICAO&#... Continue Reading
IAG urges airlines to prepare for CORSIA amid fear of regulatory force
International Airlines Group (IAG) chief executive Willie Walsh warns that if the airline industry fails to attain its emissions-reduction g... Continue Reading
Virgin investigates claims its carbon offset scheme is damaging forests
Virgin Atlantic Airways is looking into claims made by an environmental NGO which suggest that a forestry project used in the airline’... Continue Reading
Countries move to adopt aircraft emissions standard at varying pace
European regulators have set the wheels in motion to incorporate the new global aircraft CO2 emissions certification standard, adopted earli... Continue Reading
UK firm makes breakthrough on recycling carbon fibre used in aviation
A UK-based company that has been working with Boeing to find a large-scale recycling solution for carbon fibre from the aerospace industry s... Continue Reading
Airline industry’s sustainable jet fuel plan hits stumbling block
Last week’s ICAO Conference on Alternative Aviation Fuels in Mexico City failed to secure the consensus needed to work towards achieving the... Continue Reading
Aviation denies claims that green fuel plan is Trojan horse for palm oil
Airline industry representatives have strongly rejected suggestions put forward this week by a group of environmental NGOs that the planned ... Continue Reading
Recycling solution for aircraft interiors moves closer
Manufacturers and teardown companies are continuing their quest to find ways of recycling the last remaining fifth of an aircraft – primaril... Continue Reading
Airlines and passengers can play big role in fighting wildlife trafficking
GENEVA – Airlines are unwittingly transporting billions of dollars’ worth of critically endangered animals and by-products across thei... Continue Reading
Efforts to rein in aviation emissions continue to spur disagreement
If you thought last year’s agreement at ICAO to adopt the world’s first market-based measure to control international aviation emissions had... Continue Reading
SIA joins airlines seeking to turn biofuel trickle into a flood
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is hoping its recently-announced operation of 12 long-haul flights partially powered by renewable jet fuel will hel... Continue Reading
Green lobby challenges airline chiefs to clarify climate change stance
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary told an Irish radio station last month that he does not accept climate change is real. His statements prompted ... Continue Reading
Govt under pressure to prove LHR expansion will meet air quality targets
The UK Government is under increasing pressure to clarify how the addition of a third runway at London Heathrow (LHR) could be delivered wit... Continue Reading
Airlines in for a bumpy ride as global warming intensifies
Much has been written about the impact of aviation on climate change, but climate change also has an impact on aviation. That impact is alre... Continue Reading
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