Environment

News about environmental issues relating to aircraft operations, including noise issues, emissisions, and regulations. See Fuel for biofuel.

Cessna 172S in flight over airfield at Centennial Airport
Mar 23, 2023 - 11:23 AM
Officials in Colorado have voted to incentivize the introduction of UL94 unleaded avgas and introduce it at Centennial Airport as soon as practical.
Mar 22, 2023 - 3:23 PM
Olivier Andriès, CEO of Safran, warns that Europe will fall behind the U.S. if it does not heighten its SAF usage and production ambitions.
Piston airplane parked next to pumps at APP Jet Center's fuel farm at Hayward Executive Airport
Mar 13, 2023 - 10:58 AM
APP Jet Center at San Francisco-area Hayward Executive Airport has added UL94 unleaded avgas to its fuel offerings.
Mar 8, 2023 - 4:27 PM
Plans for a Norwegian emergency medical service to deploy the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL are set to be among the early use cases for all-electric aircraft.
Airbus Helicopters' DisruptiveLab
Mar 3, 2023 - 10:31 AM
The DisruptiveLab demonstrator will slash CO2 emissions by 50 percent, says Airbus.
Archer's Midnight eVTOL aircraft.
Mar 1, 2023 - 10:48 AM
Helicopter operators worldwide have started to make plans to add new eVTOL aircraft into their fleets, only in some cases replacing existing rotorcraft.
Air Company's pilot sustainable aviation fuel production facility
Feb 28, 2023 - 4:29 PM
The Air Company is pioneering a pathway for sustainable aviation fuel, one that uses limitless air as a feedstock.
Feb 28, 2023 - 12:55 PM
KinectAir plans to use Electra’s nine-passenger eSTOL aircraft to develop point-to-point regional air mobility services in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
Feb 28, 2023 - 11:36 AM
Aviation must take a multi-pronged approach to reach net-zero and even then the path will be fraught with technological and practical difficulties.
Pete Bunce at State of Industry press conference 2023
Feb 24, 2023 - 9:32 AM
Business aviation is facing increasing environmental pressures in Europe but is prevented from taking steps such as SAF use, GAMA's Bunce warns.