Browse by subject: Transport & travel: Aviation (39)
Transport of delight
09 Mar 2009
GF tastes airship technology at first hand over London
A cleaner, more civilised flying...
The new mile high club
28 Mar 2008
Airlines get passengers offsetting and recycling
When’s the best time to get air passengers to sign up...
Take-off for biofuels?
28 Mar 2008
First ever biodiesel flight launches amidst controversy
A Virgin Atlantic test flight has boosted biofuel...
Riding with the Rail Guru
09 Jul 2008
Ed Gillespie meets The Man in Seat 61
“That’s good – it’s buying me a curry.” Mark Smith’s reaction...
Plane trading on the horizon
05 Nov 2006
Air travel has been attracting a lot of attention from environmentalists. Not only because of the resources it uses...
Long-range solar flight planned
26 Nov 2009
If efficiency savings and biofuels are the step-by-step path to greener aviation, the Solar Impulse project is a leap of faith...
Innovation, innovation, innovation
07 May 2007
Race car you can grow Students at Warwick University have developed a racecar made almost entirely from biodegradable...
Green niceties at Luton airport
04 Nov 2006
Where does ‘greenwash’ shade into ‘it’s a start’? Here’s a nicely nuanced test...
Fuel cells flying?
12 Nov 2006
An experimental light aircraft running off fuel cell power could be flying by 2004. And the company behind it? No...
Flying into the real costs
04 Nov 2006
Despite increasing concerns over security, the airline industry has seen dramatic growth over the last 10 years....
Flights of fancy
06 Mar 2008
If we want sustainable air travel, we're going to need some revolutions in
aircraft technology.
Flight stimulator
10 Jan 2008
Carbon consultants take airlines to task over low hanging fruit
A new report on cutting aviation’s unsustainable...
Clear trails?
10 Nov 2006
Chris Hewett on how aviation can pay its way in the battle against climate change
Can aviation go green?
08 Jan 2010
With the spotlight hovering over airline emissions, Roger East explores the possibilities of zero-emission aviation.
Airports watch their footprint
05 Nov 2006
Can controlled growth of the aviation industry become a more sustainable proposition? The Airport Operators’...
Airlines “want global cap and trade”
19 Aug 2009
The aviation industry proposes a worldwide carbon emissions trading system in the approach to 2013, when aviation...
Aircraft permits
05 Nov 2006
An ingenious permit scheme is being floated that could put an overall cap on the airline industry’s total carbon emissions...
Air fair?
02 Nov 2006
UK airport and airline operators join with manufacturers to form Sustainable Aviation Group
