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ARCHIVED NEWS - FEBRUARY 2008

Heathrow expansion consultation process ends amid environmental protests | The 2M Group, Greenpeace, Plane Stupid, Aviation Environment Federation, HACAN Clearskies, FlyingMatters, Future Heathrow
Heathrow expansion consultation process ends amid environmental protests
Fri 28 Feb 2008 - The UK Government's public consultation on the proposed expansion of Heathrow Airport ended on Wednesday amid accusations that it was a "sham" and coincided with high profile protests by activists at the airport and Parliament. The plans to add a sixth terminal and a third runway have met with strong opposition from campaign groups, local councils and politicians from all parties. Read more ...

IATA Director General calls for environmental leadership from Asia's aviation industry | Greener Skies for Asia, IATA, Giovanni Bisignani
IATA Director General calls for environmental leadership from Asia's aviation industry
Tue 26 Feb 2008 - Speaking at the Greener Skies for Asia conference in Hong Kong, IATA's Director General, Giovanni Bisignani, called on Asia to play a leadership role in driving the aviation industry towards carbon neutral growth leading to a zero-emission industry. He also warned Asia to avoid the mistakes made in Europe over ineffective communication on green issues with governments and the general public. Read more ...

Biofuelled Virgin Boeing 747 takes to the skies on pioneering first flight | Virgin Atlantic, biofuels
Biofuelled Virgin Boeing 747 takes to the skies on pioneering first flight
Sun 24 Feb 2008 - A Virgin Atlantic four-engined B747 today flew from London Heathrow to Amsterdam Schiphol with one engine filled with a biofuel blend composed of babassu oil and coconut oil. The event, covered by the world's media, was the first inflight use of biofuel. Read more ...

Airbus completes first inflight testing of an emission-free fuel cell system | Airbus, fuel cells, DLR, Liebherr Aerospace, Michelin, Patrick Gavin
Airbus completes first inflight testing of an emission-free fuel cell system
Wed 20 Feb 2008 - Airbus has successfully tested a fuel cell system in flight as part of an ongoing research project to evaluate the potential use and environmental benefits of fuel cell technology and zero emissions power generation in civil aviation. Read more ...

UK Government announces Code of Best Practice for consumer carbon offset schemes | Hilary Benn, Code of Best Practice, carbon offsetting, AEA
UK Government announces Code of Best Practice for consumer carbon offset schemes
Wed 20 Feb 2008 - Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has announced the final structure of a Code of Best Practice for the consumer voluntary carbon offset market. Accreditation procedures are still to be worked out with the sector and a quality mark is currently being developed for use when the first products are accredited later this year. Read more ...

Pratt & Whitney's eco engine wash service to clean up Singapore Airlines | Pratt & Whitney, EcoPower, Singapore Airlines, Jim Keenan
Pratt & Whitney's eco engine wash service to clean up Singapore Airlines
Wed 20 Feb 2008 - Singapore Airlines has selected Pratt & Whitney Global Service Partners' EcoPower process to wash the airline's entire fleet of passenger and cargo aircraft engines, which will save it many millions of dollars in fuel savings and cut CO2 emissions in the process. Read more ...

Atlas-blue becomes first African carrier to offer its passengers a carbon offset option | Atlas-blue, Airsavings, Action Carbone, carbon offset, Raphael Bejar, Kamal Bennis
Atlas-blue becomes first African carrier to offer its passengers a carbon offset option
Tue 19 Feb 2008 - Moroccan low-cost airline Atlas-blue has become the first African carrier to offer carbon offsets as an integrated part of its booking platform. The offset program has been developed by Airsavings, a Paris-based supplier of back-end technology to low-cost carriers, and contributions from the scheme will go towards carbon offsetting projects funded by Action Carbone. Read more ...

IATA joins with Solar Impulse for first solar-powered round-the-world test flight in 2011 | Solar Impulse, Bertrand Piccard, IATA, Giovanni Bisignani, solar power
IATA joins with Solar Impulse for first solar-powered round-the-world test flight in 2011
Tue 19 Feb 2008 - IATA has become an Institutional Partner of Solar Impulse, an emission-free airplane that aims to fly around the world in 2011 using no fuel and propelled only by solar energy. IATA will provide assistance in obtaining air traffic control clearance to ensure the smooth passage of the flight. Read more ...

European Environment Commissioner calls for swift action on Aviation ETS legislation | Stavros Dimas, ETS
European Environment Commissioner calls for swift action on Aviation ETS legislation
Fri 15 Feb 2008 - Early adoption by the European Council and Parliament of the European Commission's legislative proposals on climate change can help to ensure the EU meets its Kyoto Protocol targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, announced Stavros Dimas, the European Evironment Commissioner. Read more ...

Norway outlines measures to achieve zero growth in aviation emissions by 2020 | Norway, Avinor, SAS Norge, Wideroe, Norwegian, Federation of Norwegian Aviation Industries, TOI, Cicero, Asplan/VIAK, Oslo Airport
Norway outlines measures to achieve zero growth in aviation emissions by 2020
Fri 15 Feb 2008 - Norwegian aviation industry and research bodies have presented a report outlining 50 measures to halt their country's increase in aviation GHG emissions. The aim is to neutralise a potential growth of more than 1 million tonnes of CO2 emissions from all traffic and, due to a lower projected growth in the domestic market, a 10-20 per cent reduction in domestic emissions. Another goal is to reduce GHG emissions from airport operations by 10-20 per cent by 2020. Read more ...

FAA names two winners in its 'Excellence in Aviation Research Award' | Ian A. Waitz, PARTNER, MIT, FAA, Dan Elwell, USAF, B-52, synthetic fuels, C-17

USAF B-52 takes off on synthetic fuel test flight
FAA names two winners in its 'Excellence in Aviation Research Award'
Thu 14 Feb 2008 - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has presented its 2007 'Excellence in Aviation Research Awards' to Prof. Ian A. Waitz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), for his expertise on noise and emissions, and the U.S. Air Force B52 Aircraft Fischer-Tropsch Fuels Research Team for their work on synthetic fuels. Read more ...

UN draft report says CO2 emissions from shipping have overtaken those from aviation | Shipping, Guardian newspaper, International Maritime Organization
UN draft report says CO2 emissions from shipping have overtaken those from aviation
Thu 14 Feb 2008 - The scale of CO2 emissions from shipping is almost three times higher than previously estimated and is nearly twice as much as caused by aviation, according to a leaked UN report seen by the UK's Guardian newspaper. Read more ...

Aviation biofuels could be in commercial use within seven years, says Boeing | Boeing, Bill Glover, biofuels, Virgin Atlantic, Air New Zealand
Aviation biofuels could be in commercial use within seven years, says Boeing
Wed 13 Feb 2008 - At a media briefing in London yesterday, Bill Glover, Boeing's Managing Director, Environmental Strategy, said that second generation biofuels could be used in regular commercial aviation services within five to seven years and, in time, reduce aviation's carbon footprint by as much as 50%. His comments come ahead of the first commercial aircraft test flight using a blended biofuel later this month. Read more ...

Decision by investment house to exclude airline stocks from ethical funds angers IATA | Standard Life Investments, ethical funds, IATA, Anthony Concil, Julie McDowell
Decision by investment house to exclude airline stocks from ethical funds angers IATA
Tue 12 Feb 2008 - Standard Life Investments has announced its ethical funds will no longer invest in airline stocks, following the results of an investor survey. The decision has brought condemnation from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents 240 airlines. Read more ...

AirPlus wins CSR award for the carbon offset feature of its corporate travel accounting service
Mon 11 Feb 2008 - AirPlus International has won the Corporate Social Responsibility category at last week's Business Travel Show 2008 Innovation Awards for the carbon offset feature of its AirPlus Company Account, which allows corporations an automated and fully integrated calculation of their climate protection contributions for business flights.  Read more ...

UK study finds airlines' profits may be affected by the extension of the EU ETS to cover aviation
Fri 8 Feb 2008 - A study prepared for the UK Government's environment and transport ministries shows that airline profits may be affected by the inclusion of aviation into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, depending on the level of free allocation of allowances. Read more ...

Christchurch becomes first airport in Southern Hemisphere to achieve carbon neutral status | Christchurch International Airport, Landcare Research, carbonNZero, Rene Bakx
Christchurch becomes first airport in Southern Hemisphere to achieve carbon neutral status
Fri 8 Feb 2008 - New Zealand's Christchurch International Airport has received carbonNZero certification following a detailed measurement and analysis process. The certification procedure has seen the airport company measuring, managing, reducing and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions arising from its operational business activities. Read more ...

Airbus forecasts increased demand for new eco-efficient airliners to cope with continued passenger and freight growth | airbus, global market forecast, boeing, current market outlook
Airbus forecasts increased demand for new eco-efficient airliners to cope with continued passenger and freight growth
Thu 7 Feb 2008 - According to its latest Global Market Forecast, Airbus foresees a demand for some 24,300 new passenger and freighter aircraft between now and 2026, creating an average annual delivery of some 1,215 aircraft - up from the previously estimated 1,130 in the last Forecast. Read more ...

UK Parliamentary committee criticizes airlines for dragging their feet on environmental schemes | Flybe, Mike Rutter, House of Commons Treasury Committee, ecolabels, eu ets
UK Parliamentary committee criticizes airlines for dragging their feet on environmental schemes
Tue 5 Feb 2008 - A report by the House of Commons Treasury Committee looking into climate change and the implications for policy has accused airlines of "dragging their feet" in cooperating on environmental schemes, and recommends airlines adopt a system of eco-labelling so that consumers can compare the environmental footprint of each airline when purchasing their tickets. Read more ...

EU and the European aeronautics industry join forces to launch 1.6 billion euro Clean Sky research project | Clean Sky, EU, Janez Potocnik, Ake Svensson, Marc Ventre, Airbus, Tom Enders, ACARE, REACH
EU and the European aeronautics industry join forces to launch 1.6 billion euro Clean Sky research project
Tue 5 Feb 2008 - One of Europe's largest research programmes, with a budget of 1.6 billion euros ($2.34bn), has been formally launched and takes a new generation of greener, more environmentally efficient aircraft a step closer. The Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative is an EU-wide collaborative private-public partnership of SMEs, universities and research centres as well as leading aeronautical manufacturers. Read more ...

Liverpool John Lennon Airport installs wind turbines and brings green power to the people | Liverpool John Lennon Airport, wind turbines, Andrew Dutton
Liverpool John Lennon Airport installs wind turbines and brings green power to the people
Tue 5 Feb 2008 - Liverpool John Lennon Airport believes it is the first commercial airport in the UK to install and operate wind turbines as it explores ways in which to minimize the environmental impact of the airport's operations. Read more ...

Airbus completes first commercial aircraft test flight using alternative fuel | Airbus A380, synthetic fuels, alternative fuels, Shell, GTL, USAF, Virgin Atlantic
Airbus completes first commercial aircraft test flight using alternative fuel
Fri 1 Feb 2008 - An Airbus A380 test aircraft has flown between Filton, UK and Toulouse, France with one of its four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines powered by an alternative, or synthetic, gas-to-liquid (GTL) jet fuel. This first ever flight by a commercial aircraft follows similar successful trials by the United States Air Force and just beats a test flight planned later this month by Virgin Atlantic using biofuel on a Boeing 747. Read more ...

UK's Treasury launches a consultation on the proposed taxation change from passenger duty to plane duty | HM Treasury, Air Passenger Duty, Plane Duty
UK's Treasury launches a consultation on the proposed taxation change from passenger duty to plane duty
Fri 1 Feb - Following the announcement last year of the UK Government's intention to replace Air Passenger Duty with a duty on a per plane basis, the Treasury has launched a consultation process. The Government believes a plane duty is a fairer basis on which to raise revenue from the aviation industry to pay for public services including public transport and the environment, and will also encourage the more efficient use of aircraft. Read more ...
 

 

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