Green Options » airbus http://greenoptions.com/tag/airbus Posts tagged 'airbus' Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:26:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Signs Air Transportation Industry Is Going Green http://sustainablog.org/2008/04/06/new-signs-air-transportation-industry-is-going-green/ http://sustainablog.org/2008/04/06/new-signs-air-transportation-industry-is-going-green/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:26:15 +0000 Carol McClelland http://sustainablog.org/2008/04/06/new-signs-air-transportation-industry-is-going-green/ airplane taking offAlthough the airline industry finally recovered from 9/11, new factors are threatening the industry as we’ve seen this week with the closure of Aloha Airlines and ATA Airlines.

With the price of fuel increasing, fuel has become the largest expense for airlines. Airlines can only increase their fares so far without turning their customers away completely. One of the ramifications for this development is that airlines are actively researching and testing methods to increase fuel efficiency and, in the process, reduce greenhouse gases.

In a recent article, Sustainable Industries highlights new green innovations in the air transportation industry.

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]]> http://sustainablog.org/2008/04/06/new-signs-air-transportation-industry-is-going-green/feed/ Airbus A380 First to Fly With Alternative Fuel http://gas2.org/2008/02/02/airbus-a380-first-to-fly-with-alternative-fuel/ http://gas2.org/2008/02/02/airbus-a380-first-to-fly-with-alternative-fuel/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 08:43:38 +0000 Max Lindberg http://gas2.org/2008/02/02/airbus-a380-first-to-fly-with-alternative-fuel/ airbusa380.jpg
Airbus beat Boeing to the punch and flew the first commercial aircraft using an alternative fuel in one engine. The really interesting thing is the two airlines are using different alternative fuels in their test flights.

Boeing announced in January they would test an alternative fuel in one engine of a 747, but did not disclose what that fuel would be. They did, however, talk a great deal about an algae-derived fuel, without being specific.

Airbus, meanwhile, said it used a liquid fuel processed from gas (Gas to Liquids - GTL), mixed with regular jet fuel in the number one engine. The flight, from Filton, UK to Toulouse, France, took three hours. The plane is powered by four Rolls Royce Trent 900 engines, and said to be the most fuel efficient in the air today.

Boeing, meanwhile had planned their test in late February, as explained in this story: Algae-Based Biofuel to Power Virgin Atlantic 747 Jet?, filed on Jan. 15.

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