Case studies
Insect-repellant coating
There have been many innovative solutions to improving fuel efficiency in a...
CleanEra
An on-going partnership between KLM and Delft University of Technology has ...
Sustainable Taxiing
The environmental impact of the aviation sector is best addressed through r...
Birmingham Airport powered by solar energy
In an effort to reduce the amount of carbon emissions associated with their...
San Francisco Airport sustainability drive
In response to the City and County of San Francisco’s greenhouse gas emissi...
Varying height, speed across the Atlantic saves em...
Aircraft crossing the Atlantic can save between one and two per cent of the...
Airports turn on the power of the sun
In October 2014 Rarotonga Airport in the Cook Islands is due to turn on its...
Research fuels innovation
The mission of Clean Sky, the most ambitious aeronautical research programm...
A successful partnership
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) operates one of the most advanced air tr...
New materials and structural weight saving
The last few decades have seen a steady rise in the amount of ‘composite’ m...
Producing highly efficient turbofans
Taking into account the contribution of design to achieve best results in e...
Towards green air traffic management with TOPFLIGH...
SESAR, a research and innovation programme which aims to modernise the enti...