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
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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
Scottish firm to breathe new life into old leather seat covers
Airlines with leather seat covers produced by Glasgow, Scotland-based Muirhead Leather could soon be offered the chance to send them back to... Continue Reading
London Heathrow third runway nowhere near a sure bet
This week’s announcement by the UK Government that it is throwing its weight behind a proposal to build a third runway at London Heathrow ma... Continue Reading
Landmark ICAO aviation emissions deal provokes mixed emotions
Today’s agreement to adopt the world’s first market-based measure (MBM) to control emissions from international aviation is a key milestone,... Continue Reading
Can ICAO convince the world to regulate aviation emissions?
As the adage goes: “You can’t please all of the people all of the time”. This aptly sums up the position ICAO will find itself in over the n... Continue Reading
Bar opens for alcohol jet fuel, but will airlines line up to buy it?
Alaska Airlines last week became the first carrier to operate commercial flights using a 20% blend of a newly-certified, renewable alcohol-t... Continue Reading
What will be Solar Impulse’s aviation environmental legacy?
NEW YORK & MONACO — The future is clean, says Solar Impulse, and indeed its #futureisclean hashtag trends whenever the solar-powered one... Continue Reading
Supersonic flight looks set to return, but at what cost?
NASA’s attempts to resuscitate supersonic commercial air travel will involve the use of technology that did not exist in Concorde’s day, wit... Continue Reading
ICAO’s new emissions standard provokes mixed reaction
The proposed new aircraft CO2 standard agreed yesterday at ICAO is either a significant step towards reducing aviation’s carbon footprint or... Continue Reading
ICAO hopes to set new standard of CO2 emissions in 2016
Aircraft manufacturers have hit back at conservationists’ claims that the airline industry is not reducing its carbon footprint fast enough ... Continue Reading
Policymakers move at snail’s pace on fast jet emissions
Aviation is a fast-paced industry. From the rapid technological advances seen over the last 100 years, to the speed at which modern-day airc... Continue Reading
Fuel hedges bite back at Europe’s low-cost carriers
European low-cost carriers Ryanair and Norwegian are finding that their past prudence on fuel-hedging is coming back to bite them as oil pri... Continue Reading
United Airlines takes a chance on biojet fuel
A Phoenix airport only allows cabs using an ethanol-based fuel on airport premises; Brazilian airliner GOL has flown a commercial flight on ... Continue Reading
Legal eagle Nancy Young keeps eye on the environment for airlines
Nancy Young came to the world of aviation by a rather circuitous route while working on environmental issues on behalf of airlines as an att... Continue Reading
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