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IATA expects SAF production to rise to 0.5% of airlines’ fuel consumption in 2024, adding $2.4bn to costs

IATA expects SAF production to rise to 0.5% of airlines’ fuel consumption in 2024, adding $2.4bn to costs Two new e-aircraft projects progress as Rolls-Royce exits electric aircraft propulsion market

Two new e-aircraft projects progress as Rolls-Royce exits electric aircraft propulsion market

Two new e-aircraft projects progress as Rolls-Royce exits electric aircraft propulsion market Atlas Air signs 5% SAF deal with Repsol for flights on behalf of Spanish fashion company Inditex

Atlas Air signs 5% SAF deal with Repsol for flights on behalf of Spanish fashion company Inditex

Atlas Air signs 5% SAF deal with Repsol for flights on behalf of Spanish fashion company Inditex Investor consortium in late bid to save cash-strapped SAF technology developer Velocys

Investor consortium in late bid to save cash-strapped SAF technology developer Velocys

Investor consortium in late bid to save cash-strapped SAF technology developer Velocys American Airlines partners with PtL and carbon removal start-ups Infinium and Graphyte

American Airlines partners with PtL and carbon removal start-ups Infinium and Graphyte

American Airlines partners with PtL and carbon removal start-ups Infinium and Graphyte

COP28 Diary of Events Ireland could produce enough SAF to meet its own EU mandated volumes, finds study

Ireland could produce enough SAF to meet its own EU mandated volumes, finds study

Ireland could produce enough SAF to meet its own EU mandated volumes, finds study Virgin Atlantic makes first commercial airline flight across the Atlantic with 100% SAF

Virgin Atlantic makes first commercial airline flight across the Atlantic with 100% SAF

Virgin Atlantic makes first commercial airline flight across the Atlantic with 100% SAF ICAO agrees a global framework and emissions goal on the transition to aviation clean energy

ICAO agrees a global framework and emissions goal on the transition to aviation clean energy

ICAO agrees a global framework and emissions goal on the transition to aviation clean energy Gulfstream business jet becomes first to cross the Atlantic on 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Gulfstream business jet becomes first to cross the Atlantic on 100% sustainable aviation fuel

Gulfstream business jet becomes first to cross the Atlantic on 100% sustainable aviation fuel Governments gather to seek agreement on a global framework for aviation’s energy transition

Governments gather to seek agreement on a global framework for aviation’s energy transition

Governments gather to seek agreement on a global framework for aviation’s energy transition SAF supplier SkyNRG secures €175 million investment from Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management

SAF supplier SkyNRG secures €175 million investment from Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management

SAF supplier SkyNRG secures €175 million investment from Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management

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COMMENTARY: Navigational avoidance of contrails to mitigate aviation’s climate impact – now is the time for action

27 August 2021 John Green

In March the Greener by Design Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society, together with the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at...

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Strategies to mitigate aviation’s climate impact from non-CO2 effects highlighted at RAeS conference

16 April 2021 Susan van Dyk

The aviation sector’s efforts to mitigate anthropogenic climate change have predominantly focused on CO2 emissions. However, the non-CO2 effects created...