The UK Government and Google have announced a £5m trial to look at how vapour trails, sometimes called ‘Contrails’ can be avoided in a bid to promote cleaner aviation. The trial will examine whether planes can avoid flying through weather that increases long-lasting vapour trails using data from the Met [read more]
The UK aviation industry is set to receive a significant boost after the Government announced up to £43 million in funding for green aviation projects, aimed at accelerating decarbonisation while supporting airport expansion and highly skilled jobs. Unveiled today the investment will support research and development into zero-emission aircraft, clean [read more]
US planemaker Boeing has taken delivery of MD90 N931TB which will be modified to become X66A, a flying test bed for the Transonic Trust Braced Wing (TTBW) programme as part of NASA’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. The aircraft will now undergo extensive modification in order to be fitted with ultrathin [read more]
International Airlines Group (IAG)’s Hangar 51 Global Accelerator Programme is getting underway with companies across a broad spectrum of aviation and travel innovations taking part. These range from contactless travel solutions through to recycling Co2 into aviation fuel. The start-ups are co-working remotely for 10 weeks with mentors and experts [read more]
European airframer Airbus has announced plans for the first zero-emissions commercial aircraft which it says could be in service by 2035. Airbus is developing three ZEROe concept aircraft which will be powered by Hydrogen in what CEO Guillaume Faury called an “a historic moment for the commercial aviation sector”. It [read more]
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