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Fuel efficiency seen driving demand for new aircraft in EU, globally - 04 July 2013

Airlines struggling to sustain profits in an era of volatile jet fuel prices will increasingly turn to new and more efficient aircraft, according to industry forecasters who expect to supply more than 7,000 new aircraft in Europe over the next 20 years.

New research fuels global ‘ETS for airlines’ idea - 04 March 2013

Airlines will only approach the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)’s goal of ‘carbon neutral growth’ from 2020 with a global market-based measure such as an emission trading system (ETS), says a new study by a leading atmospheric scientist.

EU calls time on first-generation biofuels - 18 October 2012

The EU yesterday (17 October) launched new rules to account for indirect greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels, sending what EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard called a clear signal that first-generation biofuels were “not the future in Europe”.

Aviation industry presses for biofuels support - 10 July 2012

SPECIAL REPORT / Under pressure to cut carbon emissions, the aviation industry is urging policymakers to support the development of biofuels for aircraft in the same way they have done for road transport. EurActiv reports from the Farnborough Airshow.

EU report questions conventional biofuels' sustainability - 11 April 2012

Conventional biofuels like biodiesel increase carbon dioxide emissions and are too expensive to consider as a long-term alternative fuel, a draft EU report says.

Boeing, Airbus team up on EU carbon charge, biofuels - 23 March 2012

Boeing threw its weight behind Airbus in a dispute over European Union airline emissions on Thursday (22 March), announcing at the same time an agreement to develop and commercialise sustainable biofuels for use in airplanes.

Airbus urges EU to scrap biodiesel incentives for road transport - 16 February 2012

The EU should bin incentives for road-transport biodiesel or provide equal ones for the production of biokerosene used in airplanes, a senior Airbus executive has told EurActiv.

Airlines set to win carbon credits from biofuel flights - 14 February 2012

The European Commission has asked airlines to report on "the amount of biomass" they use so that biofuels can be accounted as "zero emission" in the greenhouse gas emissions reports they are requested to produce each year under the EU's carbon scheme for the aviation sector.

Biodiesels pollute more than crude oil, leaked data show - 27 January 2012

Greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels such as palm oil, soybean and rapeseed are higher than those for fossil fuels when the effects of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) are counted, according to leaked EU data seen by EurActiv.

India, 25 others oppose EU airline carbon charge plan - 04 October 2011

European Union plans to charge airlines for carbon emissions are "discriminatory" and violate global laws, a group of 26 countries including the United States and China, according to a joint declaration.

EU hits 'Top 10' airlines with historic carbon benchmarks - 27 September 2011

The European Union has announced that it will give airlines 85% of their carbon emission permits for free in 2012, under a new benchmarking scheme that will cap emissions at below their average for the years 2004-2006.

Doubts cloud launch of EU biofuels sustainability schemes - 21 July 2011

The EU's approval of a first batch of seven sustainability schemes for biofuels marked a "big step" towards climate-friendly transport, Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said on 19 July. But reactions have been mixed.

Airlines in EU biofuels pact to cut pollution - 23 June 2011

European airlines, biofuel producers and the European Commission signed up yesterday (22 June) to producing two million tonnes of biofuel for aviation by 2020 even as debate rages over how green such fuels actually are. 

European biofuel dispute splits the industry - 05 May 2011

A divisive debate over the green credentials of biofuels has stalled investment and threatens the future of some producers, but could also create lucrative opportunities, according to European companies.

EU's airline emission goals under scrutiny - 04 April 2011

When the European Commission unveiled plans to slash transport CO2 emissions by 60% by 2050 last week, many assumed the figure would apply to road, rail and air travel in the same way. But EurActiv has learned that the cut for aviation is only 34%, a target both environmentalists and industry sources say is unrealistic.

Biofuel bombers could soon patrol Benghazi - 28 March 2011

The use of biofuels to power half of the US Air Force (USAF)'s fleet by 2016 is a step closer after the successful test flight of an F-22 fighter jet at supersonic speeds, using a 50-50 blend of a bio-feedstock and standard jet fuel.

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Aviation exec: Biofuels are key to industry’s future - 10 July 2012

The aviation industry has little choice but to turn to biofuels to help meet its commitments to reducing carbon emissions in the decades ahead, argues Alan H. Epstein, an engineer who is vice president for technology and environment at Pratt & Whitney.

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