- Long-Haul Flights Are Taking Longer - and the Effect Is Worse Fuel Consumption[Jul. 13, 2015]
Long-haul flights are getting longer because high-altitude winds are becoming more erratic and so extending the time that trans-continental aircraft have to stay in the air, a study has found.
- Boeing, Japanese Aviation Industry Unveil Biofuel "Roadmap" to 2020 Olympics[Jul. 08, 2015]
Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have charted a course to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, when millions of people are expected to visit Japan.
- Farm Waste and Animal Fats Will Help Power a United Jet[Jun. 30, 2015]
Sometime this summer, a United Airlines flight will take off from Los Angeles International Airport bound for San Francisco using fuel generated from farm waste and oils derived from animal fats.
- China Aviation Oil Seeks up to 1.1 Million Barrels for August[Jun. 26, 2015]
China Aviation Oil (CAO) is seeking up to 1.1 million barrels of jet fuel for loading in August, similar to previous volumes sought, a tender document showed on Friday.
- Airline Fares in the U.S. May Go Up, Which Makes the Stock Market Happy[Jun. 19, 2015]
Most airline stocks have lost altitude in 2015, but they rallied Friday on signs that carriers may soon raise fares at the same time that energy prices are heading lower.
- Airshow - Boeing, Enter Air Announce Order for Four 737s[Jun. 19, 2015]
Boeing and Enter Air have announced an order for two 737 MAX 8s and two Next-Generation 737-800s. The order, worth more than US$400 million at current list prices and previously attributed to an unidentified customer, is the first direct order for Boeing from the Polish charter carrier.
- Jet Fuel from Sugarcane: Air Travel Set to Become Greener with No Threat to Food Crops[Jun. 12, 2015]
Jet fuel could soon be much less polluting as researchers have managed to make it from sugarcane. Moreover, the new cleaner and eco-friendly fuel won't compete with food crops.
- BIOjet Abu Dhabi Roadmap for Sustainable Aviation Biofuel Industry in the UAE[Jun. 12, 2015]
Etihad Airways, together with Boeing, Total, Takreer and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, today launched a joint industry roadmap for the sustainable production of aviation biofuels in the United Arab Emirates. The BIOjet Abu Dhabi: Flight Path to Sustainability report outlines a set of recommended industry actions to create a commercially viable domestic aviation biofuel industry - a first for the Middle East.
- Asian Jet Fuel Refining Profits Could Weaken on MERS Outbreak[Jun. 11, 2015]
Asia's jet fuel refining profits, which are down a quarter from their 2015 peak earlier this year, are expected to weaken further as flight bookings drop due to an outbreak of a deadly respiratory disease in South Korea.
- Qantas, Emirates and Singapore Airlines Out of Excuses for Fuel Surcharges[Jun. 09, 2015]
With oil prices almost half what they were this time last year, travellers could be forgiven for wondering when they will benefit from an equally large fall in air fares.