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- UK Telegraph: The French plan to save the planet? Stop poorer people flying – Seeking ‘a minimum price for airfares within the EU in a bid to reduce the number of flights’ to reduce CO2 emissions Sun, 24 Sep 23, 11:00amWith a bit of luck, Paris’s half-cooked idea will also fail and EU governments will, instead, begin to put new technology, not higher fares, at the top of their environmental to-do list.
- Why aren't there any electric jets zooming in the sky? Wed, 12 Apr 23, 5:30amFlying cars and electric planes. Why is the "Back to the Future" vision of personal electric transportation unrealized in the year 2023? But seriously. Electric commercial jets would save the world from the United Nations'...
- The Great Travel Reset: Bloomberg: ‘Air Travel a Luxury for Many’ – “Flying has moved upmarket’ – ‘Reduced social mobility’ Sat, 24 Dec 22, 5:00pmCertain activities may have to be prohibited. That will easily become anything you enjoy, peasants.
- Flying electric car wows audience at Dubai tech show Fri, 14 Oct 22, 6:30amIt’s been 119 years since the Wright Brothers wowed onlookers at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Now, XPENG AEROHT has taken the dream of flight a step farther with the first public unveiling of its flying...
- Your superhero electric backpack helicopter is here Sat, 10 Sep 22, 2:30amHave you ever wanted a jet pack? Or have you wanted to turn yourself into a drone? Have you been looking for a personal transportation option that keeps you ahead of the Green Lantern? Look no further, CopterPack is a self-leveling...
- Sustainable aviation fuel in the quest for clean air travel Tue, 6 Sep 22, 1:30amOn the ground, we see and hear planes flying overhead with a trail of burnt fuel streaming out behind them. Inside the plane, little thought is often given to what is fueling the ride from here to there. But it should be....
- New terminal at Orlando International Airport goes for green Tue, 30 Aug 22, 2:30amCentral Florida has huge tourist draws like Walt Disney World Resort, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and many famous beaches. So the Orlando International Airport MCO -- one of the world’s ten busiest airports by passenger...
- NASA to test the world's first electric airplane Wed, 8 Jun 22, 6:28amNASA has shared details of its new all-electric plane that is set to take off to the sky this fall. The plane is designed to run fully on electric batteries, departing from the tradition of fuel-powered planes. If all goes...
- The first zero-emission powertrain for planes in the world Fri, 27 May 22, 1:30amZeroAvia created a hydrogen powertrain for planes that is the first zero-emissions aviation powertrain in the world. The powertrain for planes can seat 20 for local flights to 100 seats for long-distance plane rides. [...]
- Airport expansion aims to become the greenest in the U.S. Fri, 29 Apr 22, 3:30amThe new expansion of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is a showcase of sustainable design. It is also a celebration of the natural landscape itself. It's an airport design for a greener future.[...]
- CLT and local materials comprise new airport terminal Tue, 5 Apr 22, 3:30amQuébec's Chibougamau-Chapais airport serves a large territory that includes the Chibougamau, Chapais and Oujé-Bougoumou communities. With growing passenger traffic, the airport hired EVOQ and ARTCAD to design a new sustainable...
- Teen tracks Elon Musk's jet, brings attention to pollution Tue, 8 Feb 22, 5:30amJack Sweeney, a 19-year-old college student from Florida, is asking Elon Musk for $50,000 in exchange for no longer tracking his jet and tweeting its location...
- Flying is even worse for the climate than previously known Sat, 6 Nov 21, 4:30amA few years ago, flyskam, or flight shame, made headlines. Then the pandemic tamped down air travel. Now the greenhouse gas-emitting horrors of airplanes are back in the news, as a new study shows that aviation contributes...
- French government to ban short domestic flights in favor of trains Wed, 14 Apr 21, 3:30amAfter a long debate, the French National Assembly has voted to suspend all domestic flights on routes that can be traveled by direct train in less than 2.5 hours. In a move that has been received with mixed reactions, the...
- Rolls-Royce, Tecnam and Widere develop electric passenger airplane Thu, 1 Apr 21, 4:30amRolls-Royce, Tecnam and Scandinavia's largest airline, Widerøe, have entered into a partnership that will see the launch of an all-electric aircraft for passengers by 2026.[...]