Airlines See Green Upside to Economic Downturn
from CNET News
Biofuels are on the way up, while carbon emissions are on the way down, a global airline industry spokesman said recently during the annual Aviation and Environment Summit in Geneva. After a successful run of pilot programs from Continental, Virgin, Air New Zealand, and JAL, sustainable biofuels are on track to be approved by the International Air Transport Association for wide commercial use in planes by 2010 or 2011, Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the IATA, said in a speech given at the summit. More

Airline Group Backs Global Emissions Trading Scheme
from Reuters
Four of the world's top airlines have backed a global scheme to curb carbon emissions and hope the proposal will be included in a broader U.N. pact to fight climate change. It is the first time airline firms have banded together to make recommendations to U.N. climate change officials on how to tackle the sector's carbon emissions. More

Aircraft Hit Birds 62 Percent More Since '90s
from USA TODAY
Dangerous collisions between aircraft and large birds — like the one that forced a commercial airliner to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River in January — have risen dramatically, according to government data obtained by USA TODAY. The Federal Aviation Administration's database tracking bird strikes shows reports of collisions with geese and other large birds increased from an average of 323 a year in the 1990s to 524 per year from 2000 to 2007, a 62 percent surge. More

NATA Foam Fire Suppression Survey Results
from Airport Business
Recently, The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) asked its members who own or operate aircraft hangars to complete a survey gauging the economic impact that foam fire suppression system requirements have on their business. As expected, the survey results clearly indicate the prohibitive effect of the foam fire suppression system requirements on the general aviation industry. More

Biofuels May Be Viable in 10 Years
from Aviation Week
Scott Carson, president and CEO of of Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes unit, believes the future of the industry lies in biofuels, and their benefits may be seen sooner than some would think. Carson said promising research is coming from alternative fuels using plants that do not compete with food crops, such as camelina and jatropha. More

SriLankan Airlines Flights Go Green
from Middle East North Africa Financial Network
SriLankan Airlines has begun transforming its worldwide operations into environment-friendly Green Flights', becoming the first airline in South Asia to make a full and unconditional commitment to environmental conservation. More

QuickNet Air Flies Carbon Neutral with JetOffsets' Carbon Offsets Solution
from Marketwire via SOA World Magazine
QuickNet Air, one of Sweden's premier jet charter services announced that they have offset the carbon dioxide emissions from their fixed wing aircraft utilizing JetOffsets, the aviation industry's complete solution for offsetting carbon emissions. Jan Synnersten, QuickNet Air's owner and AM, is adamant about flying in an environmentally responsible fashion because of the value it brings to his company and his brand through the increased revenue that comes from the additional marketing opportunities created when communicating this carbon neutral message to clients. More

1,000th Home Sound-proofed
from Tulsa World
It's like the old days at Sadie and John Neil's home near Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Okla. Following more than $30,000 worth of insulation and construction work on the house, the jet engine noise that drowns the neighborhood much of the day has been muffled, and the Neils are able to talk to each other when planes fly overhead. It's almost as if the clock has been turned back to 1954, when they bought their new home in the Layman Van Acres Addition south of Tulsa International's main north-south runway. More