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Press Release: US airlines to Support NASA-Boeing SFD Project

Boeing and NASA will collaborate with U.S. airlines to advise the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project and development of the X-66A... Continue Reading

An aircraft flying over green fields on a sunny day. Aviation is working towards a more sustainable future. EASA

Airframers offer complementary sustainable cabin visions

Cabin sustainability was a hot topic at this year’s Passenger Experience Conference in Hamburg, which takes place one day before the A... Continue Reading

An aircraft takes off at Heathrow, UK climate

UK’s climate advisor blasts strategy to cut aviation emissions

Airports in the UK should not be allowed to expand until a capacity-management framework is put in place, the government’s official cl... Continue Reading

Optimares SoFab business class seat is pictured in speckled grey. It is a divan-type space that allows passengers to experience different positions, without the use of actuators. The only moving parts of the entire product are a pull-out cushioned storage area.

Divine divan? Optimares SoFab persuades with comfortable simplicity

Throughout the forty-odd years that business class has existed, much of its design and development has been focussed on evolutionary and rev... Continue Reading

Boeing 787 ecoDemonstrator in flight on a nice bright day. Boeing 787 ecodemonstrator in flight on a nice bright day.

Press Release: Boeing sustainability report highlights progress

Boeing has increased renewable-energy use in its factories, purchased more sustainable aviation fuel for commercial operations and continues... Continue Reading

Up close of the exhaust of a Lufthansa jet parked at Los Angeles International Airport. SAF

Carrot vs stick: Which policy will help SAF market fly higher?

US and European Union regulators are taking different approaches on policies aimed at decarbonizing the airline industry, with one side appe... Continue Reading

Airbus Airspace Cabin Vision rendering. The cabin is brightly lit. A cloud projection covers the ceiling. There are dividers between each blue and grey seat.

Airbus unveils 2035+ concept cabin and sustainability building blocks

Beyond the megatrends of sustainability, digitalisation and individualism, Airbus’ presentation of its Airspace Cabin Vision 2035+ gave a nu... Continue Reading

Airfares will rise to fund decarbonization of aviation: IATA

Passengers will “bear the cost” of the airline industry’s transition to net zero through higher airfares, the head of the ... Continue Reading

An Air France A321 is arriving at the gate.

Hullabaloo but little change as France bans (some) domestic flights

French culture does not have a direct equivalent of the folktales Chicken Little or Henny Penny, mostly flightless birds who get all aflutte... Continue Reading

Deutsche Aircraft D328eco in-flight above the clouds.

Deutsche Aircraft signs D328eco customer, begins assembly line work

Deutsche Aircraft has announced a tentative launch customer for its in-development D328eco regional turboprop, and has started construction ... Continue Reading

Members of the new Cascade User Community attend a demo of the data modeling tool. Boeing publicly launched Cascade today in support of aviation’s net zero goal. Photo credit: Boeing

Press Release: Boeing launches “Cascade” to support Net Zero goal

In support of commercial aviation’s path toward net zero carbon emissions, Boeing today released the Boeing Cascade Climate Impact Mod... Continue Reading

JetZero and Factorydesign unveil cabin concepts for BWB jet

Variations of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft have been studied for decades. And in more recent years, NASA, Airbus, KLM, the Delft Univers... Continue Reading

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base as seen over downtown Phoenix, Arizona. The rocket was carrying 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into orbit.

SpaceX seeks to set the benchmark for space sustainability

With several thousand satellites already in space, and tens or even hundreds of thousands of satellites expected to launch in the future by ... Continue Reading

A man is monitoring the fueling of a KLM aircraft with SAF. They have selected GE Aerospace for Fuel Insight software

KLM doubles sustainable fuel surcharge to cover cost of more SAF

KLM has doubled the mandatory sustainable aviation fuel surcharge introduced last year on all flight tickets from Amsterdam, and says its st... Continue Reading

A large engine, representing future propulsion, is on display by Emirates

Press Release: Emirates creates $200m aviation sustainability fund

Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, today announced it has committed US$ 200 million to fund research and development (R&am... Continue Reading