Tackling aircraft contrails could postpone aviation-related global warming
Efforts to prevent or reduce the formation of aircraft contrails – the visible trails left by aircraft – could delay aviation-related global…
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Expansion of Heathrow Airport incompatible with UK’s climate commitments
The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has said there is ‘no credible pathway’ for the expansion of Heathrow Airport that…
Planned expansions at European airports ‘incompatible’ with national climate limits
Planned airport expansion projects will result in European aviation exhausting its 1.5°C carbon budget in 2026 and its 1.7°C budget…
Airports facing infrastructure challenges amid growth of electric ground support equipment
While airports around the world are stepping up their adoption of electric ground support equipment (eGSE), infrastructure challenges, such as…
China’s Niutech signs agreement to turn plastic waste into sustainable aviation fuel
China-based Niutech Technology Group has signed a deal with a major global energy firm to supply an industrial continuous waste…
Greater certainty needed around EU aviation emissions rules
Climate consultancy South Pole has called on the European Union to provide greater regulatory certainty for airlines, amidst an ongoing…
Sustainable aviation fuel market under pressure, says IATA chief
The director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Willie Walsh, has said that while airlines have sent “unambiguous…
Adoption of SAF impacted by cost sensitivity and low willingness to pay more
While interest in sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) continues to rise, adoption remains hampered by cost sensitivity and low willingness to…
EU regulation could make sustainable aviation fuels ‘unnecessarily expensive’
European Union rules on sustainable aviation fuels could make said fuels ‘unnecessarily expensive and energy-intensive’, a new study by researchers…
Dubai, London Heathrow and Los Angeles airports produce three times more emissions than the city of Paris
Three airports – Dubai International Airport, Heathrow Airport and Los Angeles International Airport – produce three times more emissions than the city…