NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said Hampton Roads could become a leader in the emerging field of green aviation. By making the region a hub where government, academia and industry develop ways to...
Speaking at the New York’s Wings Club, James Hogan, CEO of Etihad Airways, berated the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) as simply a means to increase revenue. He said the EU ETS,...
Deutsche Lufthansa will begin biofuel-powered flights on Friday, some three months later than planned. The delay was caused by a longer-than-expected wait for authorisation. The first biofuel flight, ...
A mandate that requires airlines to use biofuels would help speed large-scale adoption of renewable aviation fuels, according to a Neste Oil executive. Airlines have made tentative steps towards u...
The Air Transport Association of America, together with American Airlines and the United Continental group, told the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg yesterday that the European Union should no...
US environmental groups have attacked the Obama administration’s opposition to the European Union’s emissions trading scheme (ETS). The lobbyists claims the US is reneging on its commitment to fight g...
Kenya Airways has become the first African carrier to enlist in a UN scheme to help offset emissions by investing in carbon offsetting projects. Firms that invest in the scheme set up by The Internati...
Interjet and Airbus are scheduled to conduct the first Jatropha-based bio-fuel flight in Mexico later today using an Airbus A320. The bio-fuel is made from locally sourced Jatropha plant harvested in ...
Boeing has released research conducted by Yale University’s School of Environmental Studies showing significant potential for sustainable aviation fuel based on jatropha-curcas, an oil-producing, non-...
US President Barack Obama speaking at Georgetown University in Washington, said yesterday that he has directed the Departments of Energy and Agriculture and the Navy to work with the private sector to...
Speaking at a major EU summit in Madrid, Airbus President and CEO, Tom Enders, has urged Europe “to invest in improving an infrastructure that so much of the world’s economic and social development re...
The Spanish government, Iberia Airlines and Airbus have signed an agreement to develop a complete Spanish ‘value chain’ for sustainable and renewable aviation bio-fuel for commercial use. Other key me...
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