Monthly Archives: July 2024

BioNatur honors WFS for pioneering the use of biodegradable plastics in the global air cargo industry

BioNatur Plastics has recognized Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, commitment to sustainability and honored Stephanie Peacock, Director of Sourcing & Supply in North America at WFS, with its first ‘Pioneer Award’ for inspiring the introduction of biodegradable plastic products into the global air cargo industry. Since WFS became the launch […]

Lilium, SEA Milan Airports and Skyports to Launch Regional Air Mobility Network in Northern Italy

New partnership brings together aircraft manufacturer, infrastructure specialist, and airport operator to develop eVTOL network in Lombardy Lilium N.V. a leading electric aircraft manufacturer and pioneer in Regional Air Mobility (RAM), SEA (SEA), the operator of Milan’s airports, and Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports), the leader in vertiport infrastructure for the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry, have […]

London Gatwick Hydrogen Hub: a new partnership to accelerate on hydrogen airports

Airbus, easyJet, Air Products, and London Gatwick to work together to establish how hydrogen infrastructure – including to fuel new types of aircraft – could be introduced at the airport. Airbus is developing new short-haul hydrogen powered aircraft – aiming for them to enter commercial service from 2035. London Gatwick, Lyon-Saint Exupery, and Kansai Airports have formed […]

Avolon Partners with Airbus to Explore Future of Hydrogen Aviation

Research into the financing ecosystem to support zero emission flight Shared commitment to achieving aviation’s decarbonisation goals Avolon, a leading global aviation finance company, has partnered with Airbus to support the development of hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft through Airbus’ ZEROe Project. Announced at the Farnborough Airshow today, Airbus and Avolon will investigate how future hydrogen-powered aircraft […]

Korean Air to order up to 50 widebody Boeing aircraft

Korean Air signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Boeing on July 22 at the Farnborough International Airshow to upgrade and expand its widebody fleet. The airline has announced its intent to procure 20 Boeing 777-9s and 20 Boeing 787-10s with options for 10 more of the largest 787 Dreamliner variant. The signing ceremony was attended […]

Global IT failure will add further pressure to already-strained air cargo supply chains

A global IT failure that impacted major airports and airlines will cause disruption and delays to air cargo services that could take days or even weeks to fully resolve. The IT failure, which took place on Friday, affected Microsoft systems and has seen thousands of flights grounded or delayed at the world’s largest air freight […]

JEKTA and ZeroAvia to partner on hydrogen-electric amphibious aircraft

JEKTA, the Switzerland-based developer of the PHA-ZE 100 amphibious aircraft, today announced that is has selected ZeroAvia’s fuel cell power generation system (PGS) technology to demonstrate the concept of a fuel cell variant of its electric amphibious flying boat design, with a view to line-fit of the system as the PHA-ZE 100 variant comes to […]

WFS signs up airside transport fleet for HVO biofuel trial at Heathrow Airport

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, is starting a three-month trial using HVO biofuel in its airside transport fleet at London’s Heathrow Airport in support of SATS’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) group priorities Heathrow’s goal for all airport vehicles to be zero-emission or using biofuels by 2030. Commencing on 1 […]