Sustainability and Environment

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

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NATA holding line and FBO training

On October 6 to 7, the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is holding its line service supervisor training seminar in Fort Lauderdale.

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September 28, 2010

Europe OKs tool for ETS compliance

Eurocontrol has released its so-called smaller emitters tool for calculating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for the purposes of compliance with Europe's em

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September 1, 2010

Business Aviation and the Environment

There is no silver bullet for reducing the effect of business aviation on the environment, most industry analysts agree, but the combination of new technol

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August 27, 2010

Next-gen ATC promises environmental rewards

The benefits of implementing NextGen and its European counterpart, the Single European Sky ATM Research (Sesar), are threefold: not only will the new proce

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August 27, 2010

Turbofan manufacturers continue ‘green’ efforts

Turbofan manufacturers are developing cleaner, quieter and more environmentally friendly engines that will meet current and future regulatory requirements.

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August 27, 2010

Alternative fuels still face hurdles

The alternative aviation fuel industry continues to conduct flight tests to validate the use of new jet-fuel blends.

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August 27, 2010

Eurocopter joins biofuel quest

Eurocopter and parent company EADS have teamed with Argentina-based BioCombustibles del Chubut (BC) to study the feasibility of building an aviation biofue

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August 27, 2010

EPA begins ruling process to phase out leaded avgas

With the deadline for the comment period on the Environmental Protection Agency’s advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to phase out leaded avgas

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August 27, 2010

FAA Awards $125M in Green Contracts

Five aerospace companies have been awarded a total of $125 million in contracts as part of an environmental initiative to spur development of new aircraft

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August 27, 2010

Honeywell Launches New Emissions and Monitoring

Honeywell is offering a new emissions monitoring service for business jets operating in European airspace to assist in compliance with European Union emi

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August 27, 2010

Boeing Headquarters Earns EPA Energy Star

Boeing’s Chicago downtown headquarters has earned the U.S.

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August 27, 2010

Rockwell Collins Plays Key Role in Green Connection Evaluations

Rockwell Collins, as a member of a consortium of industry partners led by Swedish air navigation service provider Luftfartsverket (LFV), has been awarded a

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August 27, 2010

Committee studies eco-friendly production, dismantling

Operating an aircraft accounts for 80 percent of the machine’s lifetime environmental footprint, according to a newly released Dassault study.

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August 27, 2010

OEMs embrace more-electric aircraft systems

Business jet manufacturers are quietly progressing toward more-electric architectures, where electricity replaces hydraulic and pneumatic power in systems

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August 27, 2010

Solena’s GreenSky Turning Garbage into Green Jet Fuel

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August 27, 2010

Airline Bean Counters Need To Count Emissions Carefully

Airlines that will be subject to Europe’s new <link ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/emissions-tradi

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August 27, 2010