A Japanese government tax panel, headed by finance minister Yoshihiko Noda, has confirmed it will raise levies on fuels as part of its environmental tax policy. Tax on petroleum will increase by 37% t...
Friends of the Earth has called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to cut the lead content in the aviation fuel – a line it has been pushing since 2003. The EPA has identified 16 regions...
Airbus has renewed its ISO 14001 certification, the internationally accepted standard that details how to create an efficient environmental management system. Airbus’ renewal is based upon success...
Single European Sky Committee on Friday agreed on the performance targets for the EU’s air navigation service providers for the period 2012 to 2014 as proposed by the European Commission. The EU-wi...
World Wildlife Fund director for global energy policy Stephan Singer.has urged the aviation industry to focus its research and development programmes on liquid hydrogen rather than third-generat...
From April, Lufthansa is planning to fly an aircraft that can use biofuel in addition to jet fuel on a service between Frankfurt and Hamburg. The A321 aircraft will fly four times a day on the domesti...
The first test flight powered by a 50-50 mix of Jatropha-based biofuel and conventional aviation kerosene was conducted by Airbus and TAM Airlines. Jatropha is grown in Brazil and produces seeds that ...
The SITA/Air Transport World Passenger Self-Service survey of the world’s leading airports reveals that India’s air travellers lead the world in using airline websites for carbon emissions offsetti...
US renewable energy company PetroAlgae has announced it has entered into a non-binding offtake supply agreement with Chilean airline provider, Sky Airline. The two companies have agreed to collaborate...
Bioenergy firm Solena Group has signed a letter of intent with clean energy company Rentech for the use of its proprietary Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel technology in Solena’s sustainable biojet fuel...
Last week, Federal Aviation Administrator Randy Babbitt travelled to Seattle to award the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport a Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) grant for $18.3 million. The ...
UK airports operator BAA has stated that minimum departure fees for aircraft will be raised from £220 to £1000 in a bid to encourage carriers to fly fuller planes. Environmentalist suggests the ne...
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