sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

By Jens Flottau
The airline industry will have to review its target of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, IATA Director General Willie Walsh said.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Business jet operators to Europe and the UK face increased costs and requirements.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Arcadia eFuels and LanzaJet have flagged several EU policy discrepancies which are making it harder to get their projects off the ground.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
ENEOS and Mitsubishi Corporation will jointly conduct a Front End Engineering Design to advance the study of SAF at ENEOS’ Wakayama Plant.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Danish energy company Topsoe and Malaysian firm FatHopes Energy have agreed to explore the possibility of setting up an SAF refinery in Malaysia.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Twelve has raised an additional $83 million in funding to build power-to-liquid fuel plants, beginning with its AirPlant One facility in Moses Lake, Washington.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Europe needs investment to drive much-needed growth in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) volumes, the European transport commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Two stakeholder groups—Project SkyPower and the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Institute (SAFII)—have detailed separate plans to accelerate the roll out of SAF.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Norsk e-Fuels plans to have three plants n line by 2032 producing a total of 250,000 liters of e-fuel, or synthetic kerosene, sustainable aviation fuel.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick, Guy Norris, Thierry Dubois
The zero-emission airliner delay leaves advancing hydrogen to startups that are focusing on retrofits and smaller aircraft.
Emerging Technologies

By Alan Dron
The International Civil Aviation Organization's Finvest Hub will connect aviation decarbonization projects with potential public and private investors.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Trump administration has approved the first tranche of a $1.67 billion loan guarantee to build a sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) plant in Montana.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus’ decision to back-burner hydrogen propulsion is one more sign commercial aviation is having a hard time finding technology solutions to decarbonize.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Sustainable aviation fuel is key to achieving net-zero emissions, while hydrogen fuel takes a back seat.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Guy Norris, Graham Warwick
Airbus is slowing ambitions to develop a hydrogen-fueled airliner by the mid-2030s but is expanding nearer-term plans to flight test unducted and ducted sustainable aviation fueled-engines for its next-generation single aisle.
Emerging Technologies

By Helen Massy-Beresford
IATA has released its methodology for reporting the emissions reduction that airlines can achieve by using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
A4E Managing Director Ourania Georgoutsakou discusses whether net zero is actually achievable for European aviation.
Window Seat Podcast

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Reaching net zero by 2050 will cost Europe significantly more than previously estimated, according to an updated Destination 2050 roadmap presented by industry.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
SIA Group has made an agreement with Aether Fuels that could pave the way for the group to acquire sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from the energy startup.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
If SAF is to account for the majority of aviation’s decarbonization, the two industries need to improve mutual understanding.
Emerging Technologies

By Victoria Moores
UK-headquartered fund manager SkiesFifty is partnering with airlines and aviation stakeholders around the world to create region-specific investment funds.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Lower-cost e-SAF; storing hydrogen in SAF; Chinese large cargo UAS; and supersonic prototype plan.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Improving mutual understanding between aviation and fuel industries will help solve the conundrum of SAF supply, demand and price.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
University researchers continue to find new uses for abundant feedstocks ranging from recycled plastic to agricultural waste.
Emerging Technologies