Sustainability

Travelers weary of taxiway logjams, long airline delays, and unexpected flight cancellations can soon expect relief, thanks to rocket science. A NASA pilot software program aimed at improving airline predictability and efficiencies while also reducing aircraft carbon emissions will soon be pushed out to 27 hub airports around the U.S., federal aviation officials said Tuesday. […]

Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions has partnered with a digital flight booking platform as it looks to deploy eVTOL aircraft across the world in the next few years. As part of the agreement announced this week, France-based Helipass—a platform for tourism and air mobility that serves the helicopter industry—will open digital bookings on its […]

Shell announced Thursday that it will convert a huge fuel refinery in the Netherlands to create nearly half a million tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) per year. The news comes as major airlines have committed to cutting their carbon emissions by moving away from fossil fuels. Plans call for the Shell Energy and Chemicals […]

A reduction in lead exposure and CO2 emissions are behind the Biden Administration’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge. The president is calling upon aircraft manufacturers, airlines, fuel producers, airports, and nongovernmental organizations to advance the use of cleaner and more sustainable fuels with the goal of creating 3 billion gallons of cost-competitive SAF available to […]

Israel-based aerospace company Urban Aeronautics says it has secured $10 million for the continued development of its CityHawk eVTOL aircraft. The company, founded in 2006, is currently raising a Series A round of at least $100 million. The funds announced Tuesday came from private investors from the U.S., Brazil, and Israel. About The Aircraft CityHawk […]

EBACE Connect takes place from May 18 to 20, 2021, virtually showcasing highlights in sustainability and innovation within the business and general aviation communities and manufacturers, along with regulatory bodies in the EU and globally. The program is an evolution from the National Business Aviation Association’s VBACE event in December 2020, and it brings together […]

Aviator, artist, and entrepreneur Erik Lindbergh has taken his family legacy and translated it into a vision for the carbon-free, multimodal future of aviation. Lindbergh—”a name synomous with aviation and sustainability”—spoke with NBAA president and CEO, Ed Bolen, at the Museum of Flight in Seattle in a prerecorded interview opening EBACE Connect on Tuesday, May […]

ZeroAvia’s Piper M-class demonstrator—developed to test flight on hydrogen power—suffered an off-airport landing on April 29, 2021, just outside of the perimeter of the Cranfield airport in the UK. The aircraft was conducting a routine flight within the latter stages of its six-seat HyFlyer testing regime—which was expected to conclude in the next few weeks—recorded […]

Aside from the eventual day when Bye Aerospace announces that they have received FAA certification for their eFlyer 2 all-electric two-seat training aircraft, the release of details about their eFlyer 800 twin-engine turboprop-class all-electric model now in development may be the most significant news to come out of the Colorado-based company to date. The eight-seat […]

Sustainability in aviation forms a central pillar to an increasing number of operators in the GA industry. Two major business aviation stalwarts have made recent announcements regarding their current actions and forward-looking plans to achieve company goals in this critical area. NetJets has purchased a stake in WasteFuel, a business centered around converting landfill waste […]