High up in the clouds, out of sight for the majority of those on the ground, there is a complex world of air traffic which few people, other than pilots, scientists and air traffic controllers, understand. Fortunately for the masses, SESAR, the body responsible for the Single European Sky and general air traffic management research [...]

Industry collaboration is the key to efficient Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems according to CANSO and Boeing at the 6th Aviation and Environment Summit. Despite the current high level of optimized Air Traffic Management there is more capacity and efficiency to be had from the current advanced ATM systems in place.  This call out to [...]

So is the way with modern technology that changes are not always shockingly obvious, in fact they can be quite immeasurable to the untrained eye, but skies above do they make a difference. Noise has been made (or not made as the case is), seats have been booked, and a round the world tour have [...]

The end of January marked the first complete month of airlines being subject to the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. While there is still some debate ongoing about that, particularly in the media, January was rounded off with some very positive news about aviation reducing its carbon emissions. Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE) released a [...]

The attitude of an air traffic controller   must be similar to a teacher’s when dealing with a class room full of inquisitive, hyperactive children. The constant back and forth of ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘do this while you’re waiting’, happens 52,000 times a day all around the world, according to SESAR, and its set to increase by [...]

Richard Branson, the international entrepreneur and founder of the Carbon War Room, an organization with a mission to fight emissions, recently upped the ante by adding to Virgin Atlantic’s current aim of 30% carbon reductions per passenger kilometer by 2020, to 50% sustainable fuel use by 2020. In October 2011, Virgin Atlantic, LanzaTech Biofuels, and [...]

Consider the changes undergone in aviation since the commercial use of jet aircraft began at the end of the 1950’s, and it is easy to see the progression in aircraft shape and design, let alone fuel efficiency. Today jet aircraft are over 70% more fuel efficient per seat kilometre than those of the 1960’s, and [...]

Electricity has become a formidable opponent to fossil fuels in recent times as it reaches into copious areas of development in technology. Its employment is welcomed with open arms by the environmentally conscientious for its reduced carbon footprint and silent work. Taking these characteristics into account leaves little else to be explained with regards as [...]

More often than not, it is aircraft manufacturers and airlines that receive the most credit for reducing carbon emissions and making developments in sustainable aviation, but there is one sector in the industry which does not always get the credit it deserves, the sector which aircraft could not possibly do without, simply because they would [...]

Alaska Airlines and Dutch airline KLM have been using Boeing’s new “Wind updates” service for several months now. This service harnesses the variability of the wind to reduce fuel consumption.  How? Well, traditionally for flights, wind information forecasts have been printed several hours before take-off to facilitate flight planning, but as weather can change, the charts run the risk of being outdated at the time [...]