LanzaJet secured financing to complete construction of the world’s first alcohol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel plant with a $50 million investment from the Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund.
Premium economy passengers receive either a red or blue kit including a toothbrush made of cornstarch and ear plugs packaged in kraft paper, a sleep mask and a pair of socks.
As a first step, an Islander will be modified to a flight demonstrator that is planned to fly in the first quarter of 2023 with funding support from the UK government under Project Fresson.
Virent’s synthesized aromatic kerosene was used in a United Airlines’ Boeing 737 test flight in October, demonstrating the use of 100% SAF in one engine—up from the maximum 50% blend now allowed for SAFs approved for use in aircraft.
Seattle-based Alaska Air Group in October announced that it was investing in ZeroAvia and partnering with the US/UK startup to develop the ZA2000 hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain for retrofit to the 76-seat Dash 8-400s flown by its regional subsidiary Horizon Air.
Applus Laboratories will perform the materials testing research under Project Zero, which runs to 2023 and is funded by Spain’s Center for the Development of Industrial Technology using investment provided by the European Union’s pandemic-recovery funding mechanisms. Objectives of the project are to develop the special equipment required to test materials in cryogenic conditions, including the cryostat and its instrumentation, determine the testing methodology and generate the knowhow to design an industrial cryostat system.
One potential use is on United’s unique CRJ550, the only 50-seat aircraft that offers first-class and other premium amenities.
Zero-emissions propulsion startup ZeroAvia has signed an MOU with De Havilland Canada to offer its hydrogen-electric powertrain for retrofit or production-line installation in the Dash 8-400 regional turboprop.
The study began in January and is looking at low carbon and zero-emission technologies, such as electrical and hydrogen-based power systems. The project will run for up to two years and will include wider elements of the supply chain, such as fuel production, transportation, storage and handling.
UK startup Electric Aircraft Group , is intended to develop and commercialize kilowatt- to megawatt-scale, non-superconducting and superconducting, electric powertrains for aerospace and non-aerospace applications.
Qantas reached a deal to purchase blended SAF to use in flights from London Heathrow Airport through at least the end of 2022.
Cruising less than a wingspan above the sea to reduce drag, the craft will be flown on overwater routes connecting coastal markets in the Northeast and Southeast US, including Boston, Nantucket, Palm Beach and Miami.
The SAF used by oneworld at SFO will be produced at the Aemetis Carbon Zero plant, which is currently under development in Riverbank, in the California central valley.
British Airways and Phillips 66 Limited in early December signed a multi-year SAF supply agreement that will see thousands of tonnes of SAF produced for the first time in the UK at the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery.
1, 2021 with more than 100 passengers from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and landed at Washington, DC’s Reagan National Airport—was on a new United 737 MAX 8 and used 500 gallons of SAF in one engine and the same amount of conventional jet fuel in the other engine “to further prove there are no operational differences between the two and to set the stage for more scalable uses of SAF by all airlines in the future,” United said in a statement.
Connect Airlines—which is in the final stages of its US Department of Transportation certification process as a regularly scheduled airline expected to begin service in this spring of this year—has committed to purchase 24 of Universal Hydrogen’s green hydrogen conversion kits, consisting of a firm order for 12 Dash 8-300 kits and purchase rights for 12 additional kits of other aircraft types.
during which the aircraft reached a maximum speed of 150 kph model has a scaled-down version of the ES-19’s electric powertrain, with four off-the-shelf 220-kv motors.
FAA said the funding is part of $14.4 million in grants to teams at 13 universities across the country to undertake research critical to building a sustainable aviation system.
The initial focus will be development of a 2-megawatt hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion system for the proposed H2ERA regional aircraft.
The concept of flying completely green has been taking center stage as aviation’s sustainability targets edge closer—and countries and industry players have been rising to the challenge in line with IATA’s goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.