Feed Editor Lite 12 Jan 2009 17:23:43 GMT http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/aaae en Using a Paris-to-Miami flight this week, American Airlines will be the first U.S. carrier to test next generation technology and procedures to prove that long trans-Atlantic flights can be green and fuel efficient. The test flight, which will be conducted as part of the Fort Worth-based airline's normal operations, is part of the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions. 10 Jun 2009 16:18:12 GMT http://www.fwbusinesspress.com/display.php?id=10389 097CFA21-053D-4A00-A595-6FACBE5904B7 Virgin Atlantic completed the first customer trial of GE Aviation's new ClearCore engine wash effluent collection system on CF6-80C2 engines powering a Boeing 747-400. Virgin used its own Juniper front-end engine wash system, with GE's back-end effluent collection equipment to complete the test at London Heathrow. This wash is part of an OnPoint service accord with GE. 10 Jun 2009 16:18:12 GMT http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=mro&id=news/virg6099.xml&headline=Virgin%20Tests%20Engine%20Wash%20Effluent%20Collection EB2E8891-D97E-4DBA-B086-89E77D3031DC A group of foreign airlines will propose a plan to curb the aviation industry's emissions, hoping to help negotiators reach agreement on one of many friction points in global climate change talks. The plan suggests a cap-and-trade scheme for the airline sector, requiring airlines from all countries to have permits that cover their emissions. As in other cap-and-trade policies, airlines that have excess credits could sell them to others. Airlines would also be allowed to buy credits from international carbon markets, such as the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme. 10 Jun 2009 16:18:12 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2009/06/09/09climatewire-airline-industry-eyes-emissions-standards-76445.html 49722D61-74BE-443B-B970-AFB02044A0A0 Britain and other rich countries will be asked to accept a compulsory levy on international flight tickets and shipping fuel to raise billions of dollars to help the world's poorest countries adapt to combat climate change. The suggestions come at the start of the second week in the latest round of UN climate talks in Bonn, where 192 countries are starting to negotiate a global agreement to limit and then reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The issue of funding for adaptation is critical to success but the hardest to agree. 10 Jun 2009 16:18:12 GMT http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/07/international-flight-levy-un-climate-change 40754F5C-FF50-48C7-81AE-6BADA1209A5D You can blame it on out-of-towners. Smithsonian Institution scientists say it was migratory Canada geese - and not resident Canada geese - that caused US Airways Flight 1549 to ditch in New York's Hudson River on Jan. 15. More specifically, it was at least two female and one male geese flying at approximately 2,900 feet that got sucked into the two engines of the Airbus A320, disabling both engines and causing one of the more spectacular water landings in aviation history. 10 Jun 2009 16:18:11 GMT http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/08/usair.bird.strike/ 1E5DB515-A67A-49BE-AE95-558C6C3FB8BF One by one, Col. Jack Kelley set up the hurdles. For the Air Force to ease away from its 700 million-gallon-a-year reliance on foreign oil, it needs a substitute that performs as well as kerosene-based jet fuel, known as JP-8. The new fuel would have to withstand extreme weather conditions, be usable without major modifications to jets and under a new federal law, emit less carbon dioxide. And the way Kelley sees it, there's only one synthetic fuel in development that promises to meet all of those conditions: an algae-based compound being studied by Utah State University's Energy Laboratory's Center for Biofuels. 10 Jun 2009 16:18:11 GMT http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12513432 ACB4EA71-EE9C-45C5-85C0-596AD8877B36 Some of the world's largest airlines called for the industry to set global emissions targets as part of efforts to include aviation in a broader climate agreement at the end of the year. The seven airlines, including Air France/KLM and British Airways, along with international NGO The Climate Group, have backed a range of emissions reduction targets for negotiators involved in U.N.-backed climate talks to consider. 10 Jun 2009 16:18:11 GMT http://suntrib.com/200906043979/news/community-news/kci-program-nets-award-for-leadership-in-recycling.html 49C42A51-ADBD-4459-9545-D227C2B70124 After four years of building the program, the Kansas City Aviation Department won statewide recognition last month for its recycling efforts. The aviation department’s recycling committee was given the 2009 award for Outstanding Leadership in Recycling by the Missouri Recycling Association — a statewide nonprofit dedicated to waste reduction and recycling efforts — for its efforts to push recycling at the Kansas City International Airport. 10 Jun 2009 16:18:11 GMT http://in.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idINSP14928120090609 EDB79E8E-467E-4D88-90D3-672EE6F5D9E0 12 Jan 2009 17:23:43 GMT 88BC9870-F00C-4568-A38E-1B17C93AD14E