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October 12, 2009
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ICAO sets 2% fuel improvement goal for airline industry; reaffirms role ahead of UN climate summit ICAO concluded its High Level Meeting on International Aviation and Climate Change Friday with a reaffirmation that the organization is the preferred channel to address aviation's impact on the environment ahead of the upcoming UN Copenhagen Climate Summit in December. [MORE]
ANZ CEO Rob Fyfe takes off gloves to fight environmental inertia In one of the hardest-hitting speeches in recent times, Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe lashed out at the "inconvenient truth" that the world's leaders, regulators and airlines are continuing to "invest enormous resources the world over in debating climate change regulatory frameworks and yet failing to take even the most basic steps to actually reduce emissions." [MORE] New alternative fuel specification sets stage for renewable aviation energy Approval of the first alternative fuel specification for aviation jet fuel in 20 years has set the stage for approval of sustainable aviation biofuel blends by the end of 2010, according to FAA Aviation Fuels Specialist Mark Rumizen. [MORE]
ANZ sees better-than-expected fuel savings from 767 winglets Air New Zealand is achieving an approximate 1.6% better fuel burn from its blended winglet program on its 767-300ERs than guaranteed, according to GM-Operations and Chief Pilot Dave Morgan. In a briefing in Auckland, Morgan told Eco-Aviation Today that Aviation Partners Boeing had guaranteed a 3.8% improvement and that ANZ expected to get 4.5% but is actually achieving 5.3%. "The 3.4-m.-high kinked tips will save us 1.3 million liters of fuel on each 767 and 16,000 tonnes of CO2 annually," he said. Four of the carrier's five 767-300ERs have been upgraded, with the fifth due for completion in November. [MORE] UK transport head defends third runway at Heathrow with conditions UK Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis defended his decision to allow a third runway to be built at London Heathrow against a challenge from the Committee on Climate Change (see item below) in a speech to the UK Aviation Club last month. [MORE] Emirates' Clark slams governments on eco-taxes Emirates Airlines President Tim Clark slammed governments for using aviation as a cash cow under the guise of an environmental tax. Speaking with Eco-Aviation Today, he claimed that the EU has followed the UK's lead by directing that ETS revenue should go to the general treasury, “which destroys the credibility of the environmental movement at a government level. Why aren't the funds going to engine makers to help fund better engines? Why isn't it going to renewable power sources?" [MORE] Senate follows House on airline fuel taxes in new climate bill US Senate's proposed cap-and-trade climate change legislation, introduced at the end of September by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D.-Mass.), contains more aggressive emissions reduction targets but covers aviation emissions in the same way as the House-passed version of the bill. [MORE]
Other News United Airlines Chairman and CEO Glenn Tilton,called for large-scale US government loans, loan guarantees and grants Committee on Climate Change, to advise the government on carbon budgets and progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions San Francisco International installed kiosks enabling passengers to pay a carbon offset fee San Francisco-based Solazyme to provide 1,500 gal. of the world's first 100% algae-derived jet fuel Naverus received a Letter of Qualification from FAA Jeppesen said it received FAA certification [MORE] |
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