The new EU ETS regulations for aviation came into force in January 2010, but many aircraft operators are still unsure about how this will affect their businesses. Aviation CO2 emissions specialist CICS has announced the launch of a number of regional workshops, designed to guide operators thro......read more
Date Posted: 10/03/2010
Category: "Environment"
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Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is the recipient of the Excellence in Concrete Award presented annually by the Southern California chapter of the American Concrete Institute in recognition of "excellence in environmental usage of concrete on the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Crossf......read more
Date Posted: 10/03/2010
Category: "Environment"
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The US Navy and GE Aviation are collaborating on an environmentally beneficial programme to recover rhenium-bearing aircraft engine components from out-of-service F404 and F414 engines and then incorporate this precious metal back into the manufacture of new engine parts.
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Date Posted: 10/03/2010
Category: "Environment"
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The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) has presented results from the European flight demonstrations performed in the framework of the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE), its green component. The project results show that by improving current procedures, considerab......read more
Date Posted: 10/03/2010
Category: "Environment"
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Hydro Engineering Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA is known for designing and building aircraft washing systems. Their equipment has washed everything in the air from B-2 bombers for the US Air Force to Boeing 747’s for its commercial customers. So, when Boeing needed to supply an enviro......read more
Date Posted: 09/03/2010
Category: "Environment"
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Lockheed Martin has announced that Arc Trade S.r.l. of Italy has purchased a WindTracer Doppler lidar system that will be installed at Palermo Airport on the island of Sicily. The WindTracer lidar has been added to Italy's wind shear programme, which is managed by ENAV S.p.A., the Italian......read more
Date Posted: 09/03/2010
Category: "Environment"
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Airbus is showing support for the United Nations International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) by featuring the official logo on the A380. In addition to pioneering greener flight, to which the flagship A380 pays testimony, Airbus is using its global outreach to back the UN Secretariat of the ......read more
Date Posted: 08/03/2010
Category: "Environment"
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Heathrow, NATS, Singapore Airlines and Airbus have launched an improved departure procedure for the Airbus A380, saving even more fuel, emitting even less CO2 and remaining within the airport's strict noise procedures. This new procedure saves an additional 300kg of fuel per flight, equating ......read more
Date Posted: 03/03/2010
Category: "Environment"
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