green aviation

'Increasing ambition': Government commits further £685m towards green aerospace innovation

Aviation

'Increasing ambition': Government commits further £685m towards green aerospace innovation

Alongside industry support, total funding for Aerospace Technology Institute set to reach more than £1bn by 2025

clock 29 March 2022 • 2 min read
'New era of hydrogen-powered flight': Airbus sets sights on zero emission aircraft from 2035

Aviation

'New era of hydrogen-powered flight': Airbus sets sights on zero emission aircraft from 2035

Airbus inks partnership with GE and Safran Aircraft Engine backed venture to accelerate development of hydrogen fuelled planes

clock 24 February 2022 • 2 min read
Cambridge University preps Aviation Impact Accelerator for net zero take-off

Aviation

Cambridge University preps Aviation Impact Accelerator for net zero take-off

New initiative to bring together leading experts from across the fast-expanding green aviation sector

clock 25 August 2021 • 3 min read

Technology

'Flying is not the enemy': UK aviation sector touts fresh carbon reduction goals

Industry group Sustainable Aviation targets 15 per cent cut in emissions by 2030 and 40 per cent cut by 2040 on flight path to net zero

clock 22 June 2021 • 5 min read

Aviation

British Airways owner sets goal to run 10 per cent of flights on sustainable biofuels by 2030

IAG becomes first European airline firm to commit to powering 10 per cent of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel by end of decade

clock 23 April 2021 • 4 min read

Aviation

British Airways leads $24.3m investment in hydrogen aircraft developer ZeroAvia

Shell and Systemiq also among investors in developer which aims to begin operating first commercial-scale 50-seater aircraft by 2026

clock 31 March 2021 • 3 min read

Aviation

Air taxis and hydrogen flights: Government announces £85m R&D boost for green aviation projects

New R&D funding awards confirmed, as BP and Quantas ink fresh net zero emission partnership

clock 28 January 2021 • 3 min read

Aviation

Microsoft teams up with UK start-up to curb climate impact of aircraft contrails

Satavia claims better atmospheric forecasting using AI can eliminate or offset up to 60 per cent of aviation industry's climate impact

clock 20 January 2021 • 4 min read

Aviation

Aeristech plots 'state-of-the-art' electric aircraft technology facility in Warwickshire

Electric motor technology specialist claims new West Midlands facility will create 60 green engineering jobs to help develop zero emission aircraft

clock 21 December 2020 • 3 min read

Aviation

Net Zero Festival: Prepping net zero flight for take-off

VIDEO: Host Robert Llewellyn quizzes Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye, Velocys CEO Henrik Wareborn, ZeroAvia CEO Val Miftakhov and Rolls-Royce's Paul Stein about the chances of developing commercially-viable zero carbon flight

clock 22 October 2020 • 1 min read