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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

One of the announcements that has just been made at the World Biofuels Markets is from Boeing and the Ecole Polytechnic Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) – a research and innovation centre located just down the road from us in Switzerland. The announcement? The creation of the Sustainable Biomass Consortium. Although it all sounds a bit [...]

The name Lockheed has not been heard in relation to commercial passenger aircraft for some time. Their last passenger aircraft, the L1011 TriStar, ended production in 1984 and the company, now called Lockheed Martin, has since focused on the military (although it does provide many civil transport systems and components). It was interesting, therefore to [...]

Well, in this case quite a few. But that is not because they were changing a light bulb, but the entire light itself. And their efforts will do a lot to reduce emissions on the latest upgrade to the Boeing 737 family. Boeing first flew the 737 in 1968. Since then the aircraft has become [...]

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 [...]

I am sitting here after day two of the Farnborough Air Show 2010. The aircraft that has proven to be the talk of the show this year (with good reason) is the Boeing 787. And let’s face it, it looks pretty cool. But the truly revolutionary nature of this aircraft was made very clear when [...]

Perfect weather and a great day for the opening of the Farnborough Air Show.  Next to the show news at every entrance, visitors could also pick up copies of the Green Flight Times and new Beginner’s Guide to Aviation Efficiency. Green flight was a theme that carried throughout the day.  First, we had a tour [...]