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FILE PHOTO: Midnight, an all-electric aircraft from company Archer Aviation, is seen at the Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, California, U.S. August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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Air taxi maker Archer Aviation receives FAA nod to start commercial services

Archer Aviation is the second electric air taxi maker to achieve the key milestone.

FILE PHOTO: IATA Director General Willie Walsh looks on during an interview with Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo
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Airlines and energy firms clash over green fuel supplies

Airlines and energy firms clashed over scarce availability of alternative fuels on Tuesday as carriers struggle to square near-record demand

IATA Director General Willie Walsh speaks during an interview with Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 2, 2024. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky
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No need to reduce aviation growth to hit net zero, IATA head says

The head of the global airline body IATA said there was no need to reduce growth in global aviation in order to meet...

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SAF Production to Triple in 2024 but More Opportunities for Diversification Needed

2 June 2024 Dubai – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its projections for a tripling of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) production...

FILE PHOTO: Emirates airliners are seen on the tarmac in a general view of Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates January 13, 2021. Picture taken through a window. REUTERS/Abdel Hadi Ramahi/File Photo
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Global airline bosses to address geopolitical, climate challenges

Geopolitical tensions and ambitious environmental targets will deliver challenges to global airline bosses at an annual summit next week.

Council-owned advertising space in Edinburgh will now be strictly regulated (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Edinburgh bans high-carbon product adverts in council spaces

Edinburgh has banned the promotion of fossil fuel-powered cars and exotic holidays on council-owned advertising spaces.

FILE PHOTO: Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 arrives to complete the first 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel transatlantic flight from London's Heathrow airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, in New York City, U.S., November 28, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
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Little to no ethanol will qualify for US aviation fuel credit

Little to no ethanol will qualify for US sustainable aviation fuel subsidies under a new pilot program by President Biden's administration.

Highest earners travel more than lower earners, creating far more transport emissions, the IPPR think tank has warned (Steve Parsons/PA)
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Top-earning 0.1% in UK ’cause 12 times more transport emissions than average’

Tackling emissions from transport must be done in a fair way, British think tank IPPR argues, with the most well-off needing to do...

The Airbus Upnext flying truck, a connected truck representing a copy of an Airbus A350 cockpit equipped with artificial intelligence, satellite antennas, GPS, radar and lidar to make taxi and lidar operations autonomous, avoiding collisions on airport tarmacs is presented at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, in Paris, France, May 22, 2024. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
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Airbus fits electric truck with airliner cockpit to study safer taxiing

Airbus has fitted a with basic A350 airliner controls - that it hopes can demonstrate how automated taxiing will make airports safer

FILE PHOTO: Midnight, an all-electric aircraft from company Archer Aviation, is seen at the Salinas Municipal Airport in Salinas, California, U.S. August 2, 2023.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
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Saudi woos electric flying taxis as Gulf rivals vie to be aviation hub

Saudi air taxis could be launching soon as kingdom hopes to build a less oil-reliant future, with eVTOL craft helping aviation boom.

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