15-Year SAF Deal For UK’s Largest Regional Airline
The UK regional carrier Loganair has signed onto a modular, localized SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) system developed by the firm ClimaHtech Green Flight.
Aviation
EU Aviation Strategy — T&E Call for Evidence Response
In light of the current crisis in Iran and broader conflicts such as the Ukraine war, the dependency of European aviation on fossil fuels and imported kerosene is clearer than ever. Countries like China are quickly catching up in the field of aerospace technologies. If we fail to look ahead, … [continued]
Dubai, London Heathrow, & Los Angeles Airports Produce Three Times As Much CO2 As The…
Airports in Europe account for more emissions than Latin America, the Middle East and Africa combined. NEW research from global affairs thinktank ODI Global, in partnership with T&E (Transport & Environment) and with data provided by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), reveals the climate and air quality impacts … [continued]
Spain Joins Growing European Push for Synthetic Sustainable Aviation Fuel as Iran Crisis Exposes Fossil…
21 Spanish organisations are urging Madrid to back political commitment with an economic one ahead of the June EU Transport Council. Geopolitical oil premium costs passengers up to €88 per long-haul flight, 29 times more than ReFuelEU compliance. A broad coalition of over 21 companies, trade associations and industry bodies … [continued]
Hydrogen Transportation After HVS: Narrow Niches, Big Subsidies, Long Pilots
HVS was not a fringe hydrogen truck company with a sketch and a slogan. It had a serious ambition, a real engineering team, public support, private funding, partnerships, prototypes, and a target market that sounded plausible enough: zero-emission heavy-duty freight. Hydrogen Vehicle Systems wanted to build fuel-cell trucks for a … [continued]
A biogas-to-fuel SAF system developed by the US startup Syzygy Plasmonics deploys renewable electricity to synthesize kerosene jet fuel. (cropped, courtesy of Syzygy).
US Innovator Crosses The Bridge From Powdered Milk To SAF
A biogas-to-fuel SAF system developed by the US startup Syzygy Plasmonics is sparking a fresh round of interest, now that the Iran war has cut the cost gap between sustainable aviation fuels and conventional kerosene jet fuel.
Ryanair’s Global Emissions Are Now 50% Higher Than In 2019, The Largest Increase Worldwide
Aviation is the only polluting sector escaping carbon pricing in Europe, with two-thirds of its CO2 emissions not covered by the ETS. Europe’s aviation sector’s 2025 emissions highest ever New analysis by T&E reveals that in 2025, emissions from flights departing from airports in Europe surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the … [continued]
Better Flight Planning Can Cut Fuel & Contrail Warming
Aviation’s decarbonization debate spends most of its time in the fuel tank. Sustainable aviation fuel gets the mandates, hydrogen and synthetic fuels get the hype and VC dollars, and batteries get the short-haul hopes. All of those matter, but they share a problem. They are slow, expensive, infrastructure-heavy and constrained … [continued]
ARIDGE Land Aircraft Carrier: Modular Electrification Takes Flight
XPENG gave us the opportunity to tour its facilities in Guangzhou, prior to traveling to Beijing for Auto China and to test drive VLA 2.0. One of the most interesting parts was the ARIDGE factory tour and flight demonstration. ARIDGE is a division of XPENG dedicated to electrified, highly automated … [continued]
Why Insurance Breaks The Uber-In-The-Air Fantasy
The most interesting person in the first commercial eVTOL launch may not be the pilot, the regulator, the mayor at the ribbon cutting, or the executive standing beside the aircraft. It may be the underwriter. The aircraft may have completed its test program. The regulator may have signed off. The … [continued]
