Recently, United announced a significant increase in funding for the carrier’s Sustainable Flight Fund. The Star Alliance carrier has welcomed eight additional companies alongside the five inaugural founding partners to the fund in an effort to increase the availability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the industry. The international carrier…
Boom Supersonic announced a few days ago that it has signed a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) purchase agreement with Dimensional Energy, a U.S.-based sustainable fuels company. Boom will purchase up to 5 million gallons of SAF annually for the duration of the Overture flight test program. The Overture is Boom's…
The European Union (EU) — in its mission to decarbonize air travel — have introduced a new environmentally friendly measure to tackle aviation carbon emissions. This isn’t exactly new across the European Union, they do this all time with new taxes and selective bans targeted towards the aviation industry. What makes…
Recently, Etihad Airways — the Abu Dhabi-based airline of the United Arab Emirates — received the 'Green Industries' eco-label from the Emirates capital's environment agency. In addition, Etihad Airways and SATAVIA recently signed a multi-year commercial agreement for the management of contrails within their daily flight operations. The contract was…
Embraer revealed new aircraft concepts today as part of the company's progress report on Energia, Embraer's initiative to get the aviation industry to net-zero by 2050. A year on from Embraer's Sustainability in Action event, which detailed the study of four new aircraft concepts powered by new technologies and renewable…
American hybrid aircraft manufacturer Ampaire has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tamarack Aerospace Group for aircraft upgrades. The agreement will allow Ampaire to utilize Tamarack's research and development for the aerodynamic improvement of its fleet, aiding in increased efficiency and flight time. A key benefit of the joint development…
It has been a busy week in the world of sustainable aviation. Delta Air Lines made its first investment in the air taxi sector, while American Airlines added hydrogen to its portfolio. Delta, Joby Aviation Partner Delta announced an equity investment in Joby of $60 million, with a total investment…
According to a survey published by the British low-cost airline, EasyJet, out of 2,000 British vacationers, more than 75 percent believe that airlines urgently need to define ways to achieve net zero CO2 emissions. EasyJet is the second-largest low-cost airline in Europe after Ryanair and has 318 aircraft in its…
Archer Aviation announced on Aug. 15 that it had received a $10 million pre-delivery payment from United Airlines. Archer secured the order of 100 with United in April 2021. The order was valued at $1 billion, meaning United Airlines put a 1% downpayment for the new aircraft. The payment marks…
