Focus on Aviation
Eight arrested after climate activists breach German airport
German police arrested climate activists who breached the grounds of Munich airport, causing the airport to close
German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
German aviation firm Lilium and Swiss-based nickel refinery company KL1 will set up new sites in France, invest in electric jet aircraft
U.S. sets out ethanol’s path to sustainable aviation fuel subsidies
Air travel so far accounts for about 2% of U.S. carbon pollution. President Joe Biden hopes that creating a subsidized market for lower-emissions...
Researchers eye sustainable aviation fuel from landfill gases
Scientists in Australia demonstrate SAF derived from plasma technology as possible lifeline for airlines struggling to meet net-zero targets.
The role of sustainable aviation fuel in reaching net zero by 2050: IATA report
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to play a big role in all roadmaps for aviation industry to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, says new...
Archer Aviation aims to start electric air taxi trials in India next year
Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), also known as flying taxis, have been touted as the future of urban air mobility
Embraer’s Eve says it signed letter of intention with AirX to sell up to 50 eVTOL
SAO PAULO – Electric aircraft maker Eve has signed a letter of intent with Japan’s public helicopter charter service company AirX to sell...
World-first factory turning faeces into jet fuel to be built in Essex
Biofuel company Firefly said it will develop the plant in Harwich and expects to begin supplying the lower carbon fuel from around 2028
Biden administration’s initial SAF subsidy model to raise climate hurdle for ethanol
The preliminary climate model for the U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) subsidy program will be more restrictive than the corn-based ethanol producers had...
