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ATW Announces First Annual Eco-Aviation Award Winners 1

May 8, 2012

ATW’s editorial staff announced the six winners of the First Annual Eco-Aviation Awards, where we will honor those companies who are demonstrating leadership in the field of eco-aviation. The Ceremony will take place on 21 June 2012, at the conclusion of ATW’s 5th Annual Eco-Aviation Conferenceheld at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel in Crystal City, VA (across the street from Reagan National Airport). The winners include:

ASIG Teams with GE to Provide ClearCore Engine Wash Services

By Karen Walker | May 8, 2012

Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG) has signed an exclusive agreement to become GE Aviation’s third-party service provider for ClearCoreengine wash systems for commercial and military engines in the US.

ASIG’s offering of ClearCoreservices will be launched at airports in California and Florida and then expand to airports in other major US cities.

Dreamliner Makes Biofuel Flight 2

By Linda Blachly | May 8, 2012

The latest Boeing 787 to be received by All Nippon Airways (ANA) was partially powered on its delivery flight April 17 by biofuel, marking the first time a Dreamliner has used alternative fuel.

The flight from Everett, Washington, to Tokyo Haneda used a fuel mix partly derived from used cooking oil, and marked the first transpacific biofuel flight, according to Boeing.

ATW MAGAZINE REVEALS WINNERS OF INAUGURAL ECO-AVIATION AWARDS 2

May 7, 2012

Silver Spring, Maryland: Penton Media’s Air Transport World today announced the winners of its inaugural ATW 2012 Eco-Aviation Awards.

Winners were selected by ATW’s team of Editors. They are:

Biofuel Price Relief Still Distant

By Henry Canaday | April 17, 2012

Biofuels are unlikely to provide significant relief from high fuel prices any time soon or before oil prices climb considerably further. But they could eventually limit the degree of escalation in fuel costs and evade restraints that governments may put on hydrocarbon fuels.

Biofuels Faces Tough Prospects 1

By Henry Canaday | April 17, 2012

Emphasis is shifting among biofuel manufacturers toward chemical production and away from fuel production, according to early presentations at the Advanced Biofuel Leadership Conference held in Washington in early April. The major reasons: bio-chemicals are both easier to produce from biological feedstock and are more valuable than fuels.

Qantas performs first Australian biofuel flight 1

By Linda Blachly | April 17, 2012

Qantas (QF) and SkyNRG operated Australia’s first commercial biofuel flight April 13 between Sydney and Adelaide. The flight, using an Airbus A330, used a 50:50 blend of biofuel derived from used cooking oil and conventional jet fuel, QF said in a statement.

The fuel, supplied by SkyNRG, has been fully certified for use in commercial aviation. Its life cycle carbon footprint is around 60% smaller than that of conventional jet fuel.

Airframe OEMs join forces in biofuel research

By Aaron Karp | April 17, 2012

Airbus, Boeing and Embraer have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work together on the development of drop-in, affordable aviation biofuels.

The companies said in a joint statement that they have "agreed to seek collaborative opportunities to speak in unity to government, biofuel producers and other key stakeholders to support, promote and accelerate the availability of sustainable new jet fuel sources."

ATW announces confirmed speaker companies and full agenda for Eco-Aviation Conference

April 17, 2012

Only two months remain until ATW’s 5th Annual Eco-Aviation Conference and Awards Ceremony. Vigorous debate on the most pressing eco-aviation issues will be the foundation of this year’s Conference with its new, all-panel format.

US DOT Secretary slams EU ETS 3

By Karen Walker | March 13, 2012

The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) tax was widely condemned during the FAA’s Aviation Forecast Conference in Washington in March, with the US Department of Transportation chief labeling it as bad law.

The approach to ETS implementation “was totally wrong,” US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in his opening remarks at the conference.

“The law is bad, and it doesn’t help our relationships with the EU. What I say is, sit at a table, talk to one another, reach a compromise,” LaHood said.

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