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ICAO Resolution Tackles Aviation Emissions

At the close of its 37th Assembly last Friday, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) agreed to what it characterized as the first global app

Sustainability and Environment

October 14, 2010

ETS reporting process remains a headache

If you make even a handful of short flights into European airspace, there’s no escaping the countdown to the European Union’s contentious emissions trading

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October 13, 2010

Numbers Don’t Stack Up for Small Emitters Tool

The ETS small emitters tool for calculating carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is simple at first glance, consisting of no more than an Excel spreadsheet into

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October 13, 2010

Everest touts value of ‘fuel management’

Everest Fuel Management is using its NBAA appearance (Booth No.

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October 13, 2010

Avfuel branches out into global trip-planning business

Avfuel, known best for its global fuel distribution services, is here at NBAA (Booth No.

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October 13, 2010

FuelerLinx offers fuel price aid

Aviation fuel-management software provider FuelerLinx has unveiled a new fueling pricing aid.

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October 13, 2010

Confusion reigns over ETS implementation in Europe

Europe’s emissions trading scheme (ETS) is not much more than a

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September 28, 2010

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

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