Hypersonics, Wizz Air, Mr.Beast, NFTs & more (The Allplane Newsletter #122)
There’s a new episode of the Allplane podcast!
Mikhail Kokorich is a Swiss-based entrepreneur working at the very cutting edge of aerospace technology: hypersonic flight.
In this episode of the podcast we talk with Mikhail about the challenges of building an aircraft able to fly people around continents at more than 5 times the speed of sound. Because this is precisely the goal that the firm he founded, Destinus, has set to do!
Electric Aviation
How European flight schools are going electric. A topic that would possible require some follow up piece, since quite a lot is currently going on. READ.
Hydrogen Aviation
ZeroAvia is considering fitting its ZA600 powertrain to rotorcraft. READ.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)
SAS has launched two types of tickets, Go Smart and Plus Pro, which takes into account the cost of purchasing 50% SAF for an average journey (depending on whether it is domestic in Scandinvia or intra-European). Like in many such schemes, the SAF is not added to a specific flight, but added to an airline-wide procurement pool. READ.
Iberia wants to produce SAF in the Canary Islands. READ.
Also in Spain, Wizz Air is going to use locally produced SAF on its Spanish routes. The SAF is going to be produced by CEPSA using organic residues, such as waste cooking oil. READ.
The Sustainable Aviation Buyer’s Alliance (SABA), which groups together some prominent American corporations, such as JPMorgan, Meta or Boston Consulting Group, announced the purchase of SAF certificates linked to 850,000 gallons of SAF. READ.
The Air Transport Action Group (ATAG), which gathers several major organisations in the aviation industry, has published a “Beginner’s Guide to Sustainable Aviation Fuel”. READ.
Other sustainable aviation news
“How much airlines are paying - or not paying! - for their CO2 emissions? The discrepancies are stark…” sustainable aviation consultant Patrick Edmond, comments on the interesting report by Transport & Environment about the ETS costs supported by airlines in Europe. READ.
What else in aviation?
An in-depth video interview with Wizz Air’s CEO, József Váradi, on AeroTime’s Executive Spotlight. WATCH
Airlines of the islands: can you name the airlines of the different European overseas territories? READ.
Flight review of Lufthansa’s European business class (Airbus A320neo/ceo). I recently flew 4 different segments on the German airline to show you how is it like. READ.
Airbus delivered its 100th A330neo (We were at the test flight of the first, back in 2017, and at the pre-delivery of the first production one to TAP in 2018!), coincidentally it was one of Condor’s stripped ones!
Watch here an animation with liveries of the current operators of the type.
How an Air France A350 transported the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Ramses II from Cairo to Paris for an upcoming archaeological exhibition. READ.
Are there less airlines being founded every year? Here’s what Lufthansa Innovation Hub has to say about it…READ
Argentinian LCC flyBondi has started issuing regular NFT tickets (the founder of the company that has developed the NFTicket for this project was here on the podcast a few months ago). READ.
Some more airlines are stopping their activity. READ.
How big could airships theoretically get? Fascinating stuff here by Eli Dourado. READ.
Star youtuber Mr.Beast, with 143M followers, recently reviewed different types of air travel, from the cheapest to the most luxurious:
How does the FalconX executive jet cabin look like? This video interview with Dassault’s head of design provides a glimpse of its super smart interior: