Aviation’s green path is tough and uncertain

At the recent IATA AGM, senior executives were falling over themselves promising to "go green" with targets for 2030, or is it 2050 now?

At the recent IATA AGM, senior executives were falling over themselves promising to "go green" with targets for 2030, or is it 2050 now?
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To increase profitability, the continent’s carriers must grow the intra-regional market, increase frequencies, achieve higher load factors, and fly aircraft with lower operating costs. This can only be achieved with a fleet of efficient and right-sized aircraft.

As is our typical action at industry events, we like to capture the moments on video for you to see and hear as delivered. Rather than get an explanation of what somebody said, or what the author thinks they meant,…

For now, it is just a Memorandum of Understanding, but Embraer and Fokker intend to establish “meaningful and strategic partnerships” across the globe on Defense, Commercial, and Space projects. Embraer, Fokker Services Group with Fokker Techniek and Fokker Services, signed the MoU…

The EU is different than other regions with respect to its focus on “green initiatives”, especially the commercial aviation sector. There is a carbon tax on jet fuel and the costs of running an airline in Europe will keep rising. …