Southwest Airlines has introduced a ‘new sleek cabin experience’ called Evolve, designed to enhance flyer comfort and improve the efficiency of its fleet, effectively killing two birds with one stone – comfort and reduction of the airline’s environmental impact in return for aircraft renovation. “We are preparing now for our next 40 years with a [...]

We’ve talked a bit about Japan Airlines (JAL) and their environmental programmes before, including its successes in becoming an ‘eco-first’ company,  working to prevent desertification and even working on new refrigerants!   As well as being good for the environment, all of this has been part of the Team -6% project run by the Japanese [...]

A recent US Government Accountability Office study of the 150 busiest U.S airports is of interest to those of us who follow how the implementation of ‘green’ practices and techniques have impacted airports in reality. For many opponents of ‘green’ strategies, the concern is often that implementing these strategies either cost the airports considerably in [...]

I have had a few questions recently from people wondering about recycling waste from food services on board flights. I know a huge number of airlines have very active on board recycling programmes, I know lots of airports worldwide have in-terminal programmes (some very innovative, as demonstrated by the Seattle Tacoma Airport video below), but [...]

This Wednesday, representatives from airports across the U.S. came together for a ‘Green Airports’ seminar, hosted by South Carolina’s  Department of Health and Environmental Control and launched under the Green Airports Initiative. The seminar educated airports on how they can become more environmentally friendly and reduce their operating costs through the promotion of alternative fuels, [...]

The Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association, a group of aviation industry experts that have joined to agree on a set of standards for the dismantling and recycling of aircraft, has today awarded Bombardier as the first aircraft manufacturer to have accreditation for its aircraft recycling centre. Previously, recycling has only been done by specialist companies such [...]

The first flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner took place yesterday. The event was webcasted for the whole world to watch via a feed Boeing provided on their website. They had set up seven cameras around Paine Field in Everett, Washington to record the maiden flight, which is still available to watch on-demand. 

One thing that we don’t talk about much on enviro.aero is all the hidden, back-office work being done by companies in the aviation industry to ensure their operations are green. Most of the focus is inevitably on making flights fuel efficient, having energy efficient airport terminals and the use of innovations like biofuels. But as [...]

Recycling can take many forms, both process-driven – and creative. On enviro.aero, we are highlighting the ways in which the aviation industry is using technology and operational procedures to get better use out of aircraft while they are in service. There is also a lot of work being done by a number of players to [...]