As if the airlines didn’t have enough problems. Oil goes through the roof
As crude oil prices soar to seven year highs, jet fuel is climbing even more steeply. This is weighing heavily… Read More »
Microsoft and Shell are betting on LanzaJet making greener jet fuel
Jet fuel is a notorious bugaboo in the race to lower emissions. Chicago-based start-up LanzaJet is trying to address the… Read More »
Electric aviation companies to watch
Electric aviation may have seemed like just a dream a few years ago, but the industry is on the rise…. Read More »
Electric aviation companies to watch: AirFlow
Airflow is building an aircraft for middle-mile logistics and passengers. Airflow was founded in 2019, San Francisco Bay Area-based Airflow… Read More »
Electric aviation companies to watch: Beta Technologies
Beta Technologies has raised $511 million in funding across two rounds from companies including Amazon and Hula. Burlington, Vermont-based Beta… Read More »
Electric aviation companies to watch: Heart Aerospace
Heart Aerospace closed a $35 million Series A funding round in summer 2021, led by big names, including Bill Gates’s… Read More »
Electric aviation companies to watch: Universal Hydrogen
Los Angeles-based Universal Hydrogen is on a mission to make a flexible and carbon-free future possible by making hydrogen the… Read More »
Electric aviation companies to watch: Wright Electric
Wright Electric builds technology for large commercial airplanes and is currently developing its flagship electric aircraft. Launched in 2016, New… Read More »
Electric aviation companies to watch: ZeroAvia
ZeroAvia hydrogen-electric aircraft developer is hyper-focused on its growth plans, after closing a $35 million Series B in December 2021…. Read More »
Delta Cargo adds sustainable aviation fuel SAF program
Delta Cargo has become the latest company to launch a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) program as airlines continue their drive… Read More »
Saudi Arabia to develop hydrogen fuel cell-based transport and sustainable jet fuel
Saudi Arabia signed Jan. 20 eight preliminary agreements with the planned carbon-free city of Neom, the Red Sea Development Co…. Read More »
EPA commits to regulating lead in aviation gasoline
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in Jan. 2022 it will take the necessary steps to regulate lead pollution from… Read More »
Wellington Airport to welcome first electric flight sets world record for the longest flight over water by a pure electric plane
Wellington Airport is welcoming the future of sustainable air travel as the first electric plane to fly into the capital… Read More »
Airbus boosts its hydrogen aviation research, innovation and development capabilities
Airbus has announced that it is strengthening both its research capabilities regarding the future use of hydrogen in aviation and… Read More »
Rolls-Royce hybrid-electric propulsion milestone
Rolls-Royce’s hybrid-electric aero power and propulsion system has delivered more than a megawatt of power just weeks after going on… Read More »
Russian airlines and Airbus establish sustainable fuel alliance
Russian carriers including Aeroflot, S7 Group and Volga-Dnepr Airlines are to co-operate with Airbus and energy firm Gazprom to create… Read More »
New concept aircraft can fly from London to San Francisco on a single tank of liquid hydrogen
A concept aircraft that can fly almost 10,000km on a single tank of liquid hydrogen has been unveiled as part… Read More »
Airbus is developing hydrogen storage tanks for its Future Emissions-Free aircraft
Who will be the first to introduce a hybrid-hydrogen commercial aircraft? Airbus is one of the companies aiming for the… Read More »
FAA research grants aim to tackle aviation’s massive deficit of greener fuel
The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday announced a series of new university research grants in hopes of making greener aviation… Read More »
Hydrogen aircraft project in the UK sets sights on transatlantic flight
The UK government has announced details of a winner of its “FlyZero” funding initiative to develop decarbonised aviation technologies. The… Read More »
Apple loses key autos engineer to electric aviation startup Archer
Michael Schwekutsch, a director of engineering in the Apple Special Projects Group that’s reportedly working on self-driving cars, has left… Read More »
Universal Hydrogen CEO sees Airbus and Boeing backing new fuel
Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) will launch all-new successors to their best-selling single-aisle jets powered by hydrogen from around the… Read More »
United 737 MAX 8 jet powered by sustainable SAF fuel flew from O’Hare
What would normally be a ho-hum United Airlines flight from O’Hare International Airport to Washington on Wednesday Dec. 1 is… Read More »
Universal Hydrogen CEO sees jetmakers backing new fuel
Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing Co (BA.N) will launch all-new successors to their best-selling single-aisle jets powered by hydrogen from around… Read More »
Airbus and Singapore to study hydrogen fuel use in aviation
Singapore is teaming up with Airbus to study the potential use of hydrogen in aircraft operations as part of a… Read More »
Southwest and British Airways fuel deals send Velocys shares surging
Shares of London-listed fuels technology firm Velocys rose by more than 40% on Wednesday after it announced two deals related… Read More »