SAF deals pipeline, Hekla Aurora B757 and more…
So, here is one more edition of our aviation sustainability and innovation recap, covering some of the latest news in this space, plus some add-ons that I found quite interesting, such as my interview with the CEO of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) or the dismantling of the beautiful Icelandair Hekla Aurora Boeing 757 to make collector tags with its fuselage metal. Enjoy the read!
Sizing the corporate market for SAF certificates
IATA, together with Airbus and Accenture, has published a report quantifying the global corporate market for SAF purchase certificates. That is the amounts corporations, not necessarily in aviation, dedicate to buying more expensive SAF in order to be able to claim their contribution towards emissions abating. Read more
New SAF supply deals in the UK and Latin America
Looks like the Project Kings Road Humber e-SAF project in Northern England is going to be supplying fuel to Kuwaiti energy firm Q8Aviation. Read more
And German energy company Uniper has signed a capacity reservation agreement to secure future sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from Syzygy Plasmonics, which has plans to produce SAF in Latin America. Read more
Changes at LanzaJet
Movements at LanzaJet: CEO Jimmy Samartzis (who was on the podcast, btw!) is stepping down, all while the company gets $20M to fund its further expansion. Read more
Electra picks Norway for its ultra-STOL demonstrations
Electra has designated 5 sites in Norway, including Oslo and Trondheim airports plus three smaller locations, to demonstrate the ultra-STOL capabilities of its EL2 aircraft (the smaller precursor to the commercial EL9). Read more
FlyOnE signs for ten electric aircraft
Australia’s FlyOnE has signed a letter of intent for 10 all-electric aircraft from Germany’s MD Aircraft. Read more
Archer flies over the Bay Area
Archer has completed a series of demo flights in the Bay Area. Read more
Startups to watch: HyLight and Meteomatics
French airship startup HyLight raised €13M. Unlike other airship developers, HyLight has chosen to focus on a very specific area, infrastructure inspection, and its airships are already operating in real missions. With these extra funds, it expects to scale up production. Read more
And another interesting startup is Meteomatics, which unveiled a new high-altitude drone to help it provide its signature hyper-precise weather forecasts, accurate within a square kilometer. Read more
Decoding the C929 supply chain
China remains quite an interesting and somehow inscrutable market to the western observer. Fortunately, people like Jennifer Meszaros are translating it for the rest of us (she will be soon on the podcast, btw, to talk about the Chinese advanced air mobility scene). Here is a piece on Leeham News breaking down the future C929 supply chain. Read more
On the podcast: how IAG works with startups
The head of IAGi, the innovation arm of International Airlines Group (IAG), was on the podcast to explain how the parent company of British Airways, Iberia, Vueling, Aer Lingus and LEVEL manages innovation and its relationship with the startup world. Listen here
Aviation sustainability in Latin America
I interviewed Abra Group’s ESG head, Maria Whittaker, to better understand what aviation sustainability means in Latin America. Read more
Berlin Brandenburg’s CEO on BER’s future
Btw, not specifically sustainability-related but I also interviewed the CEO of Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. Read more
Icelandair’s Hekla Aurora becomes collector tags
Icelandair’s beautiful Hekla Aurora Boeing 757 is broken up and turned into collector tags. Read more
Air Astana business class, revisited
I also updated my review of Air Astana’s business class, both international and domestic. Read more
