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JetBlue, United Airlines Tout Focus on Renewables with Major Announcements

September 21, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

In-depth: With an aviation industry-wide goal to cap net greenhouse gas growth from 2020 onward, renewable jet fuel is a key aspect of some airlines’ sustainability strategies, and two big announcements this week underscored that fact. Here’s a look at what they - and other airlines - are doing to meet that goal.

FedEx Finds Unexpected Benefits from New Fuel Technologies: Q&A with Mitch Jackson

April 9, 2018October 9, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

Each business day, FedEx serves over 220 countries and territories with more than 600 aircraft as well as more than 190,000 on-road and off-road vehicles, which includes around 132,000 company-owned vehicles. The shipping company, which has $60 billion-plus in revenue, operates on an immense scale. Over the past decade, FedEx ... Read more »

United Adds Additional Aircrafts for Fuel Efficiency

February 19, 2018 by Jennifer Nastu

United Airlines has added more fuel efficient aircrafts to its domestic flight schedules, which will begin flying between Houston and five cities beginning in June.

Heathrow Airport Targets Zero Carbon, Zero Waste by 2050

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

London’s Heathrow airport has launched a sustainability strategy that, among other targets, includes using 100 percent renewable energy by April and operating a zero-carbon, zero-waste airport by 2050.

How to Reduce Aviation Emissions, On the Ground and In the Sky

February 8, 2017February 9, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Advances in biofuel infrastructure and ground-based operations can help the aviation industry comply with strict emissions limits and save money on fuel, according to two new studies.

Biojet Fuels Key to Aviation Emission Cuts, Report Says

July 28, 2016March 12, 2020 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Biojet fuels will be key to achieving the aviation industry’s pledge to cut CO2 emissions to 0.2 billion tons (GT) in 2050 — half the 2005 figure — as opposed to the 2.1 GT projected by current growth rates, according to Lux Research. Biojet fuel innovations, led globally by Honeywell ... Read more »

AkzoNobel Coating Improves KLM Aircraft’s Efficiency

February 15, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

An AkzoNobel coating, used on KLM’s new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, offers potential weight reduction, which helps lower fuel costs, and uses less paint, which means the aircraft can fly more efficiently than comparable aircraft. KLM chose AkzoNobel to supply its aerospace coating to the aircraft. The basecoat/clearcoat system also produces ... Read more »

Does the Aircraft Emissions Standard Fall Short?

February 12, 2016February 15, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The first-ever global emissions standard for commercial aircraft — years in the making — moved closer to takeoff this week as the United Nation’s aviation body proposed carbon pollution limits for airplanes. The International Civil Aviation Organization did not release details of its proposal. But that hasn’t stopped the aviation ... Read more »

NASA Technologies Could Save Airlines Billions, Cut Pollution 75%

January 14, 2016January 13, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Donald Trump’s plane violating UK carbon emissions rules may have snagged the bulk of the aviation-emissions headlines last week, but an announcement by NASA may prove to be even bigger than the presidential hopeful’s ego. NASA says US airlines could save more than $250 billion, cut airline fuel in half ... Read more »

Partnership to Reduce Aviation Emissions Takes Off at Sea-Tac

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 by Karen Henry

The Port of Seattle, Alaska Airlines and Boeing are partnering to reduce aviation emissions by powering all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with sustainable aviation biofuel. Sea-Tac is the first US airport to lay out a long-term roadmap to incorporate aviation biofuel into its infrastructure. The partnering ... Read more »

New Recycling Center Keeps Scrap Carbon Fiber out of Landfills

October 6, 2015July 3, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A new recycling center that will help meet the demand for carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics has broken ground in Port Angeles, Washington. Port Angeles officials say the Composite Recycling Technology Center will initially focus on making products from uncured prepregs, Plastics News reports. Jennifer States, director of business development for the Port ... Read more »

Boeing Biofuel ‘Roadmap’ to 2020 Olympics Takes Flight

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have charted a course to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The Initiatives for Next Generation Aviation Fuels — a consortium of 46 organizations including Boeing, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Japan’s ... Read more »

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