Aviation now needs a Tesla moment, like cars in the 2000s — decarbonising demands disruptive new tech: Robert MillerRobert Miller, Director of the Whittle Laboratory, highlights the need for disruptive technologies like cryogenic hydrogen fuel and hybrid ...
20 Nov, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Hydrogen-powered private jets can cut emissions — If they can get off the groundA 2021 report found that some private jets emit two tons of CO2 per hour — at least five times more pollution per passenger than commercial...
27 May, 2024, 09.59 AM IST
Japan unveils next-generation passenger plane projectThe new plane will be ready after 2035, an economy ministry official said after a closed-door meeting of politicians, experts and business ...
27 Mar, 2024, 06.10 PM IST
Airbus breaks previous records with 735 deliveries in 2023; most orders from IndiaAirbus secured a record 2,094 net plane orders last year, surpassing its previous record from 2013. Despite supply chain problems, the comp...
12 Jan, 2024, 08.29 AM IST
Decarbonising aviation is vital for climate action as a rising non-Western middle class starts to fly — COP28 has raised this ambition: Robert J. MillerAviation directly contributes 2% to 3% to total greenhouse gas emissions. But it also has non-CO2 effects — when a plane flies at a certain...
07 Dec, 2023, 10.28 PM IST
BluJ Aero secures $2.25 million in funding led by Endiya PartnersAviation startup BluJ Aero has raised $2.25 million in a seed funding round to develop a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft powe...
27 Jun, 2023, 12.01 AM IST
Airbus develops fuel-cell engine for hydrogen planeAirbus also renewed calls for a sharp increase in the availability of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) which many experts say represents the...
30 Nov, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
Electric planes are coming: Short-hop regional flights could be running on batteries in a few yearsTwo-seater Velis Electros are already quietly buzzing around Europe, electric sea planes are being tested in British Columbia, and larger p...
21 Sep, 2022, 11.31 AM IST
Airbus plans mid-decade demonstrator for hydrogen planeThe planemaker has scheduled a news conference with "key engine partners" for 1400 GMT on Tuesday on the latest milestone in its plans to d...
22 Feb, 2022, 03.13 PM IST
Hydrogen planes not enough to green aviation: StudyAutomakers and planemakers alike have been looking at it as a means to reduce the climate impact of the transportation sector, although cur...
26 Jan, 2022, 11.01 AM IST
More confident now of making hydrogen-powered zero-emission planes by 2035: Airbus CEOThere are a lot of things that need to be developed, to be decided to be written in terms of rules and regulations on how we are going to u...
22 Sep, 2021, 05.24 PM IST
Airbus lost $1.3 billion amid pandemic; expects better 2021Airbus is also pushing to negotiate a "cease-fire" soon in its years-long trade dispute with U.S. rival Boeing, amid hopes that the Biden A...
18 Feb, 2021, 07.47 PM IST
Hydrogen plane startup ZeroAvia gets backing from Amazon, ShellHydrogen is seen as a potential alternative for the aviation industry, a major user of fossil fuels.
16 Dec, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Eighty years after Hindenburg, startup pitches hydrogen flightHydrogen has its own challenges to overcome in the air, of course. Ever since the Hindenburg burst into flames while docking in 1937, part ...
27 Aug, 2020, 09.14 AM IST
France announces $16.9 billion in aid to aviation industryFinance Minister Bruno Le Maire unveiled the rescue plan Tuesday for an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of people in France, wh...
09 Jun, 2020, 02.16 PM IST
- Scientists come up with low-cost 'artificial petrol'
Artificial petrol that costs 19 pence per litre could be available in as little as three years.
31 Jan, 2011, 05.07 PM IST
- Aviation industry goes 'green' at Farnborough
While rocketing oil prices are already forcing plane manufacturers and airlines to produce and buy fuel-efficient aircraft, European politi...
17 Jul, 2008, 08.10 AM IST