Another One Bites the Dust; alternative energy gives way to realities

By Scott Hamilton Feb. 18, 2025, © Leeham News: Universal Hydrogen. Lilium. Volocopter. Tecnam’s electric airplane. Airbus electric. Airbus hydrogen. ATR hybrid. Eviation was just the latest alternative energy project to bite the dust. And these are just… Read More

Clean Joule nears opening SAF factory in Utah

By Scott Hamilton Nov. 8, 2024, © Leeham News: The commercial aviation industry thinks Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is the best alternative energy to pursue to meet the lofty goal of achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050…. Read More

Aerospace supply chain still ailing; Sustainable Aviation Fuel isn’t the answer to go green

Aerospace supply chain is still in recovery. Suppliers in Russia had to be closed. What happens if the same happens in China? Sustainable Aviation Fuel isn’t the answer to green aviation. Innovation in engine and airframe design is…. Read More

Carrots and sticks needed to achieve sustainability goals, says Airbus

Subscription Required By Tom Batchelor February 22, 2024, © Leeham News:  The sustainability challenge is redefining the aerospace industry in all sorts of ways. An Airbus A350-1000 is refuelled with a 35% blend of SAF prior to its… Read More

NASA, Boeing Say SAF Creates Fewer Greenhouse Contrails

By Dan Catchpole Subscription Required Nov. 2, 2023 © Leeham News: High over Montana, Andy “Jeeves” Barry slipped the McDonnell Douglas DC-8 to the right and out of the Boeing 737-10’s wake to “get some fresh air.” NASA’s… Read More

Embraer deliveries surge; executives proclaim rebound from Covid, failed merger

By Bryan Corliss Subscription required March 13, 2023, © Leeham News — Embraer executives said last week that the company is on a flight path to growth after weathering two major storms in 2020. “As we have said,… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 56. SAF non-CO2 effects

February 3, 2023, ©. Leeham News: We’ve gone through the composition of Sustainable Aviation Fuel, SAF, its production, and its cost. We’ve also discussed its effect on CO2 emissions from Air Transport. An important part of SAF’s advantages… Read More

Bjorn’s Corner: Sustainable Air Transport. Part 55. Sustainable Aviation Fuel feedstocks

January 27, 2023, ©. Leeham News: Last week, we learned the main pathways to Sustainable Aviation Fuel and their production volumes for the next years. Now we look at the feedstocks, what output we get from these, and… Read More

Pontifications: “What can be. What should be.”

Jan. 17, 2023, © Leeham News: “What can be. What should be.” This was the title of an address last week at the University of Washington’s aerospace department. The speaker: the former CEO of The Boeing Co., Phil… Read More

Boeing needs “real honest-to-God product development:” ex-CEO

By Scott Hamilton Jan. 10, 2023, © Leeham News: An ex-chief executive officer of The Boeing Co. said Jan. 9 that the company needs to undertake “real honest-to-God” product development, or it will lose the skills required to… Read More