Aviation Carbon Sustainability Event Returns for Its 12th Year

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Aviation Carbon Sustainability Event Returns for Its 12th Year

Aviation Carbon www.aviationcarbon.aero, the longest-running aviation sustainability conference, returns on November 6-7, 2023, at the London Heathrow Marriott. Over 300 industry delegates, including 100-plus airlines/operators, from over 70 countries and five continents will engage on topics including sustainability-linked finance and ESG (environmental, social and governance) and industry progress on carbon removal technology, carbon emissions compliance and carbon markets.

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London Oxford Airport Secures Green Light for R&D Science Park

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London Oxford Airport Secures Green Light for R&D Science Park

London Oxford Airport (EGTK) looks forward to breaking ground on its all-new, self-funded R&D Science Park in January 2024, following the planning application of the £48 million development, approved last summer. Demolition of the original buildings has already started, paving the way for the new 200,000 sq. ft. facility, which the airport hopes will appeal to next-gen aviation and technology businesses, along with other spin-outs and start-ups from the University community. Work will complete in time to see the first companies move in during Q4, 2024. Units will be available to lease via commercial property company Savills.

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Sustainable Aviation Fuel Front and Center for European Business Aviation Show, Highlighting Industry’s Net-Zero Carbon Focus

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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will be available at Geneva Airport (GVA) this week, and organizers are taking additional steps to promote the game-changing fuel for reducing carbon emissions from the sector as a central component to the 2023 edition of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, being held from May 23-25.

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NBAA Joins Call to Prioritize FY24 Funding for Key Aviation Sustainability Programs

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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) joined with more than 35 aviation and biofuel industry stakeholders in calling for leaders of the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees to prioritize funding in the fiscal year 2024 federal budget for key federal programs working to accelerate the development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Leading Global Aviation Associations Publish Sustainable Aviation Fuel Book and Claim Guidance

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The Council on Sustainable Aviation Fuel (CoSAFA) introduced its "Methodology for SAF Environmental Attribute Transactions," a first step in establishing publicly available, universally recognized procedures for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) accounting and auditing to support global book and claim systems. The guidance details the information and procedures necessary for individual book and claim systems to transparently and credibly transact SAF's associated environmental benefits.

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LYTE Aviation Reveals its 40-seat Hybrid eVTOL – SkyBus and SkyTruck

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LYTE Aviation Reveals its 40-seat Hybrid eVTOL – SkyBus and SkyTruck

LYTE Aviation, the world’s newest advanced air mobility innovator and market disruptor addressing advanced urban mobility and connectivity, reveals its 40-seat (hybrid) eVTOL SkyBus and SkyTruck program today (23 March).  Its LA-44 SkyBus and complementary SkyTruck cargo variant, designed around a 4.5-ton payload, is the accumulation of three years’ R&D.  The result is a game-changing, vertical take-off and landing vehicle - designed to be five times more fuel efficient than current helicopters.

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UK Business Aviation Operators in Buoyant Mood at BBGA Annual Conference

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UK Business Aviation Operators in Buoyant Mood at BBGA Annual Conference

Reflecting on a ‘rollercoaster of two years,’ we have almost forgotten the language of good, but we saw just that in 2022 across all parts of our business, highlighted Alex Durand, CEO of SaxonAir and Deputy Chair of the British Business General Aviation Association (BBGA). “Now we are debating whether we reinvest or just stay as we are.”

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Business Aviation Coalition Promotes Initiative to Make Flights to, From World Economic Forum More Sustainable

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A global coalition focused on business aviation sustainability has announced that the industry, aligned with the work of the World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow initiative, is offering a market-based solution to help reduce carbon emissions for flights to and from the Forum’s Annual meeting in Davos, which begins on Jan. 16.

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Two Key Initiatives Boost Sustainable Fuels in Orlando for NBAA-BACE

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NBAA-BACE will take place Oct. 18-20 at the Orange County Convention Center and nearby Orlando Executive Airport. SAF can reduce aviation’s lifecycle carbon emissions by up to 80%. Operators with flights into Orlando now have two options to support the SAF market.

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Bolen: ‘Genuine Progress’ on Sustainable Fuels With Signing of Inflation Reduction Act Into Law

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National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) President and CEO Ed Bolen welcomes President Biden’s signing into law of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes an NBAA-championed blenders tax credit (BTC) for producers of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF.

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NATA and NBAA Support New Legislation to Incentivize SAF Production

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The NBAA and NATA welcome the introduction of the Sustainable Skies Act, which creates a performance-based blender’s tax credit to incentivize the production and use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), an alternative to conventional jet fuel that will ensure real reductions in the aviation sector’s global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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