The aircraft industry is expecting an increase in air traffic by 2050, and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions unless fundamental changes are made. But how “fundamental” will those changes ...

Boeing’s 747-8 jumbo jet may represent the best of what engineers have to offer now, but Airbus has reached 40 years into future and come back with a design that barely resembles the aircraft of ...

Last year, a plane flew across the Atlantic fueled by fat and sugar for the first time, offering a glimpse of the airline industry’s future. One day, planes won’t burn petroleum — they’ll ...

Sub orbital flight, solar powered planes, drone airliners – these could all become fixtures of the aviation industry by 2050, say experts. These visions of a flying future were laid out during a ...

Which means that current and future iterations of highly efficient gas turbines will still be required as we move towards 2050, especially for long-haul operations," the presentation said.

Aircraft maker Airbus has unveiled its vision for air travel in 2050 that could faster, cheaper, and ... One day in the not-so-distant future, semi-autonomous airplanes will fly through the ...

That's less than 1% of the more than 100 billion gallons the International Air Transport Association says is needed to help reach net zero emissions by 2050. If you think plane tickets are ...

Electric planes? Zero-emission future is zooming in ... of 4.3 percent annually since 1999 and are projected to take up nearly 25 percent of the world’s carbon emissions by 2050.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration proposed Wednesday that future planes produce lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions before they can be certified by federal regulators. The Federal ...