A flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel is making a trip across the Atlantic. But is it really a greener way to fly?
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Air travel emissions are proving difficult and costly to cut, but travellers can make a surprisingly big difference simply by changing how they travel to and from the airport.
Airlines are investing in sustainable biofuel startups and starting to uses alternative fuels, including cooking oil, ag waste and corn ethanol. But biofuels alone won’t be enough, research shows.
When Pacific Forum economic ministers meet today in Vanuatu, the region’s troubled airline sector should be high on their agenda.
Ultra long-haul flights make it possible to go Sydney to London non-stop. But does the world need them, given they are more polluting and less efficient?
Supersonic jet technology has moved on since Concorde’s final flight in 2003.
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Senior Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, University of Hertfordshire
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Economics and Politics, Leeds Beckett University
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Honorary Research Associate, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic, Griffith University
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Professor in Transport and Supply Chain Management and Deputy Director, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS), University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University London
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Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
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Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
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PhD Candidate, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, University of Sydney
