Boeing, Honeywell UOP and Masdar Institute have today announced they will be undertaking in-depth study into halophytes as potential sources of second-generation biofuels. These grasses can grow in very arid land and salt water and are not a food source. Preliminary investigations have shown that they can provide a lot of oil per hectare of [...]

Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe made a few pointed comments at the Greener Skies lunch. The video is in three parts and a text copy of his speech is available here:

Cathay Pacific chief Tony Tyler talks to us about the industry targets, how we are going to get there and the recent news about new arrivals procedures at Hong Kong Airport.

We spoke to Rob a few minutes before his lunch address (which we will be uploading shortly). He filled us in on the biofuels trial Air New Zealand undertook, the technology and retrofits they are using to reduce emissions.

We spoke to Paul Steele, Executive Director at the Air Transport Action Group, about the industry’s new targets.

Andy Herdman, Director General of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines talks to us about some of the political processes underway as we march towards the COP15 meeting in Copenhagen.

The Director General of IATA, Giovanni Bisignani, sent a message to the Greener Skies conference by video link. “Aviation is unique among industries. When it comes to environment, no other global industry is as united ambitious or determined. Our message to governments at ICAO is simple. We need a global sectoral approach to reducing aviation [...]

Tony Tyler gave the keynote address this morning. The full text can be found here. He talks about the potential outcomes for aviation at the Copenhagen conference in December: "So, what of Copenhagen itself and the outcome of this two-week meeting of national governments, business and NGOs? Well, the first job we’ll have to do [...]

We interviewed Andrea after she finished speaking at Greener Skies. Her presentation focused on some of the areas that people often forget in the environmental debate – the benefits that aviation brings to people around the world and importantly in developing nations. The report, called Aviation: The Real World Wide Web is available online through [...]