Aviation finance and leasing specialist Avolon has teamed up with Soisa Aircraft Interiors to recycle old aircraft interiors into craft products. Unlike an aircraft’s mechanical parts, the cabin of an aircraft is largely unwanted on the used parts market so tonnes of plastic, leather and other materials end up in [read more]
Aviation fuel specialist Q8Aviation has signed a deal with low-cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) to supply it with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The five-year-long agreement will see Q8Aviation supply easyJet with fuel that will help reduce the carbon used in aviation fuel and help it work towards the airline’s target of [read more]
Leading UK low-cost airline easyJet (U2/EZY) is facing an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over so-called greenwashing adverts shown during COP 26. Campaign groups Adfree Cities and Badvertising have claimed the airline is misleading the public over its Destination Zero Emissions campaign which the groups claim use “unfounded [read more]
Manchester Airport is set to become the UK’s first airport to have a direct supply of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) thanks to a new partnership with Fulcrum BioEnergy. Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which owns Manchester Airport along with London Stansted and East Midlands, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with [read more]
Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has confirmed it will achieve net-zero status by 2030 making it the UK’s first Net Zero airport. and 20 years ahead of targets set by the UK Government. The west-country airport is due to achieve carbon neutrality by the end of 2021, four years ahead of schedule. [read more]
Aviation and Aerospace leaders from across the South West met at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) today to discuss working together to help the region meet Net Zero for the aviation industry. Representatives from Rolls Royce, Airbus, easyJet, GKN, Atkins, Vertical Aerospace, Universal Hydrogen and Wood joined the airport to discuss projects [read more]
London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) has committed to carbon neutrality by 2027 after achieving airport carbon accreditation. The airport has already begun reducing CO2 emissions which totalled 4,724 tCO²e¹ in 2019, down from 5,133 in 2018 which is a 36% reduction in emissions per unit revenue. Glyn Jones, CEO, London Southend [read more]
Six UK airports have already achieved Carbon Neutrality according to Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme (ACA). According to the ACA, to achieve ‘Level 3+ Neutrality’ status the airports must meet the following criteria: Determine emissions sources within the operational boundary of the airport company. Calculate the annual carbon emissions. Compile a carbon [read more]
The first airline to operate zero-emission flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) will not pay landing fees for 5 years after the airport set out a series of ambitious commitments to net zero. The offer is effectively a challenge to airlines and a first for the industry with the winner getting [read more]
European airframer Airbus has announced plans for the first zero-emissions commercial aircraft which it says could be in service by 2035. Airbus is developing three ZEROe concept aircraft which will be powered by Hydrogen in what CEO Guillaume Faury called an “a historic moment for the commercial aviation sector”. It [read more]
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