Sustainability is one of the most important goals of aviation which will be made apparent in Geneva next week when over 300 stakeholders will aim to fortify concepts, thoughts, and prospects to create a sustainable future for aviation at the 6th Aviation and Environment Summit. While conference talking points will focus on aviation’s socio-economic value [...]

I just came across this video outlining a few of the ways Qantas is working to reduce its environmental impact:

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 [...]

I posted a week or so ago about the third in a series of ‘ASPIRE’ flights that took place across the Pacific Ocean. Following on from demonstrations of the ‘perfect flight’ by Air New Zealand and Qantas, United Airlines performed a flight last Friday using every possible air traffic control and operational efficiency innovation available. [...]

Today, we have news of a number of different projects underway encompassing many parts of the aviation industry, across a number of countries. I decided to put them all into one post, because this really illustrates the coordinated and cooperative nature of aviation – we work best when we work together, both on a day-to-day [...]

Last Friday was a busy day for my colleagues in New Zealand and on the West Coast of the USA, as the first-ever ASPIRE flight took off. ASPIRE stands for Asia and South Pacific Initiative to Reduce Emissions, and the primary actors are the ANSPs Airways New Zealand, Air Services Australia, and the Federal Aviation [...]