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Electra.aero selects Evolito to supply eight electric propulsion units per EL9 under production contract

Electra.aero has awarded UK-based Evolito a production contract to supply electric propulsion units (EPUs) for its nine‑seat EL9 ultra‑short hybrid‑electric regional aircraft. Evolito will deliver eight EPUs per EL9 under a long‑term partnership, validating Electra’s STOL hybrid propulsion architecture as it scales toward serial production.

2025-10-13T03:11:41.288689-07:00

Reuters

Boeing and Airbus defer narrowbody successor launches as 25–30% efficiency gains remain years away

2025-10-06T03:24:26.270414-07:00

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African Development Bank and JGC sign LOI to develop SAF and green aviation solutions across Africa

2025-10-06T05:09:06.264936-07:00

Reuters

Beta Technologies files S-1 for NYSE IPO to fund Alia family, develops 19‑seat follow‑on

2025-09-29T06:03:51.956401-07:00

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Reuters

European airline CEOs urge EU to boost SAF supply and subsidies to meet green targets

2025-10-14T03:04:40.791837-07:00

European airline CEOs urge EU

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Bankrupt Icelandic carrier PLAY hit with $28m emissions‑fee liability and fine Bankrupt Icelandic carrier PLAY faces a roughly $28 million emissions‑fee liability and related fine as its insolvency is processed. The enforcement claim increases the pool of creditor liabilities and will factor into the timing and economics of fleet reallocation and route exits.

2025-10-13T04:32:44.301968-07:00

Bankrupt Icelandic carrier PLAY hit with $28m emissions‑fee liability and fine

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Electra.aero selects Evolito to supply eight electric propulsion units per EL9 under production contract Electra.aero has awarded UK-based Evolito a production contract to supply electric propulsion units (EPUs) for its nine‑seat EL9 ultra‑short hybrid‑electric regional aircraft. Evolito will deliver eight EPUs per EL9 under a long‑term partnership, validating Electra’s STOL hybrid propulsion architecture as it scales toward serial production.

2025-10-13T03:11:41.288689-07:00

Electra.aero selects Evolito to supply eight electric propulsion units per EL9 under production contract

New Scientist

Chemtrail Conspiracies Are Undermining Legitimate Climate Action on Aviation Chemtrail conspiracy theories — claims that aircraft trails are deliberate 'poisoning' — are siphoning public attention and activist energy away from legitimate campaigns addressing aviation's climate impact, argues science writer Graham Lawton. The misinformation risks weakening pressure for operational and regulatory measures to reduce contrails and emissions.

2025-10-12T16:08:23.066242-07:00

Chemtrail Conspiracies Are Undermining Legitimate Climate Action on Aviation

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H3R Aviation adopts Halotron BRx as Halon replacement; price is 4–5× higher H3R Aviation has selected Halotron BRx to replace Halon in aircraft fire-suppression systems, but the new agent carries a price premium of four to five times compared with previous options. Operators and MROs will face materially higher costs for refills, systems and inventory as adoption scales.

2025-10-12T09:12:32.899780-07:00

H3R Aviation adopts Halotron BRx as Halon replacement; price is 4–5× higher

AINonline

Study Finds Aviation Contrails Have an Outsized Climate Impact New studies show aircraft exhaust-created contrails — the linear cloud trails left behind jets — have an outsized climate impact compared with their visual scale. The research elevates contrails as a major component of aviation's climate forcing and prompts consideration of operational and policy responses.

2025-10-10T10:32:58.558002-07:00

Study Finds Aviation Contrails Have an Outsized Climate Impact

Skift

Carbon credit shortage sends offset prices higher, threatens airlines' emissions plans A global shortage of carbon credits is pushing offset prices sharply higher and threatening airlines' ability to meet near‑term emissions commitments. The squeeze on offsets complicates carriers' decarbonisation pathways and increases pressure on operating budgets, financing and corporate emissions reporting.

2025-10-10T08:26:36.846517-07:00

Carbon credit shortage sends offset prices higher, threatens airlines' emissions plans

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EBAA, GAMA oppose EU plan to tax jet‑A for all aircraft under 19 seats The European Business Aviation Association and the General Aviation Manufacturers Association have formally opposed a European Union proposal to impose a tax on jet‑A fuel that would apply to every aircraft with fewer than 19 seats, warning the levy would raise operating costs across business and general aviation.

2025-10-08T03:08:30.260307-07:00

EBAA, GAMA oppose EU plan to tax jet‑A for all aircraft under 19 seats

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