Great news today as KLM Airlines become the first in the world to fly a passenger flight on biofuel. Flight KL1233, from Amsterdam to Paris Charles de Gaulle, used a 50% mix of biofuel from used cooking oil on the flight, which comes just a couple of weeks after the interim certification for biofuels was [...]

Another new biofuels project has been announced at yesterday’s European Aerodays – Airbus, Iberia and the Spanish Government will be undertaking a long-term project to establish a sustainable aviation biofuel supply in Spain. “Biofuels are a must for aviation to achieve our industry’s ambitious CO2 reduction targets. In fact, we believe that biofuels should primarily be [...]

At ATAG, one of our main tasks is to highlight the great work being done across the aviation industry to reduce emissions and foster innovation in environmental technology. One area in which a lot of progress is being made is sustainable aviation biofuels – it is why a number of us are here in Rotterdam [...]

One of the key tasks of observer organisations like ours at UN Climate Talks is to educate delegates on the work we are doing to reduce emissions. Tonight, we hosted a so-called ‘side event’ on aviation biofuels. Speakers included Kevin Welsh from the Air Transport Association of America, Amy Bann from Boeing Commercial Airplanes and [...]

Another global climate negotiations session begins today in Cancun, Mexico. This is COP16 – the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN’s Framework Convention on Climate Change – and it promises to be a hot two weeks, both temperature-wise and also heated in the negotiations. Whether that heat will help the world’s governments reach [...]

Over 300 delegates from across the aviation industry have been gathered in Geneva over the last two days for ATAG’s Aviation & Environment Summit. The focus of the Summit has been to assess progress towards the industry-wide targets to reduce aviation emissions. Being the only industry to present a set of global targets to the [...]

I’ve just found out that one of our colleagues in pushing forward greener aviation, Carl Burleson, who is Director of the Office of Environment and Energy at the FAA, has been nominated for a Service to America Medal in the Science and Environment category. Carl has been the driving force behind a huge amount of [...]

The industry’s commitment to green aviation was on show throughout Farnborough this year.  In this video, British Airway’s Jonathon Counsell and Solena Group’s Dr. Robert Do discuss a collaboration to build the first plant in Europe which will produce aviation jet fuel from household rubbish.  The UK facility will produce 16 million gallons of fuel [...]

Continuing our series of Farnborough interviews, Boeing’s Managing Director of Environmental Strategy, Bill Glover, talks about the use of biofuels today and offers insight into the future of green aviation.

Day two at Farnborough and already many of the manufacturers are announcing orders with more to follow. The business of the show is business, after all, and it is fascinating to walk round the trade show and realise just how many different companies are involved in the aviation industry, with all the jobs and economic [...]