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February 10, 2009
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Each month ATW's Eco-Aviation Today brings you the latest environmental news and trends affecting the world’s airlines and tell you how the air transport industry is working to reduce its impact on the planet. Do you have friends or colleagues who might find this information useful? If so, please forward this newsletter along to them or click here to sign them up. JAL joins biofuel club Japan Airlines joined the exclusive biofuel club on Jan. 30 when one of its Pratt & Whitney JT9D-powered 747-300s took off from Tokyo Haneda with one engine powered by a 50/50 biofuel/jet fuel blend. The biofuel was a cocktail of camelina (84%), jatropha (16%) and algae (less than 1%). JAL reported that the 90-min. flight went off without a hitch. As with other biofuel test flights, "no modifications to the aircraft or engine were required," the airline said in a statement. Capt. Keiji Kobayashi said, "Everything went smoothly. There was no difference at all in the performance of the engine powered by the biofuel blend and the other three engines containing regular jet fuel." [MORE] En Route Traffic Optimization could cut fuel use 6% in US The Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction, a group led by MIT and funded by US FAA, NASA, DOD, DOT and Transport Canada, says it has developed a new procedure that could save 1 billion gal. of aviation fuel a year, a 6% reduction based on estimated 2009 fuel use. Through En Route Traffic Optimization, the theory is that air traffic controllers armed with new algorithms can route aircraft at the most efficient flight levels and via the most direct paths. [MORE] UK environment czar looking at limiting holiday trips to save CO2 The UK's so-called "environment czar" has raised the possibility of rationing air travel, limiting UK citizens to just a few vacation trips abroad by air per year in order to reduce the impact of carbon dioxide emissions. [MORE] ICAO advancing on global cap-and-trade scheme ICAO is moving ahead with plans for an international carbon emissions cap-and-trade scheme despite a growing number of rival regional schemes. Speaking in Tokyo on Jan. 15, Roberto Gonzalez, president of the ICAO Council, told delegates to the Ministerial Conference on Global Environment and Energy in Transport that EU moves to include aviation in its regional emissions trading scheme will not derail ICAO's plans to build a framework that could underpin a global scheme. [MORE] BA sets lofty green goals British Airways announced an environmental target of halving net CO2 emissions by 2050. The target, one of the most ambitious by an airline, was announced last month in Hyderabad by CEO Willie Walsh. He said, "While some people say that in economic times as desperately tough as these we can afford to put climate change issues on one side, I could not disagree more. Halving CO2 by 2050 is an extremely challenging target. But it is one I am sure we can achieve." [MORE] Eco-Aviation Conference takes shape in Washington Southwest Airlines Senior Director-Flight Operations Jeff Martin, Natural Resources Defense Council Senior Attorney Liz Barrett-Brown, Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative Executive Director Richard Altman and Rolls-Royce Strategic Marketing Manager-Future Programs Jonathan Hart are among the featured presenters at the Second Annual Eco-Aviation conference organized by ATW and Leeham Co. May 26-28 in Washington, DC. [MORE] Other News *IATA called on governments, air navigation service providers and aviation groups urgently *US President Barack Obama has climate change as a top agenda item *Airbus started construction on the A350 XWB final assembly factory *US Depts. of Energy and Agriculture will release up to $25 million *Air Transport Action Group announced [MORE] |
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Save the Date! Eco-Aviation 2009 May 26-28 Marriott Metro Center Washington, DC For more information go to Eco Aviation Conference or contact Allison Mlawsky at 301-650-2420 x 115. This eNewsletter was sent to: #email# To unsubscribe, click here. To change your email address, click here. |
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