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Contrails: airlines test new routes

Redirecting aircraft to higher or lower altitudes to pollute less

Contrails from airplanes would have a greater impact on global warming than the Co2 emitted by aircraft engines. These are those very thin white clouds that flying aircraft leave behind. This is what a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations group of experts on climate change, recently stated in 2022.These contrails form when warm air emitted by aircraft engines...

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AerospaceBoeing, NASA, United Airlines to test SAF benefits with Air-to-Air flights

Studying how SAF can reduce soot and impact contrails

In a collaboration to strengthen sustainability in aviation, Boeing is partnering with NASA and United Airlines for in-flight testing to measure how Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) affects contrails and... more

Civil aviationRevealed a flight test programme to study the contrails produced by a hydrogen combustion engine

The project, named “Blue Condor”, will launch two modified Arcus gliders

Airbus UpNext, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Airbus, has revealed a flight test programme to study the contrails produced by a hydrogen combustion engine as part the Company’s ZEROe roadmap. The project, n... more

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