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Image for representational purpose only (Photo courtesy: AFP) The UK aviation said moving towards higher-cost sustainable aviation fuel will automatically cut passenger demand due to hikes in prices in the future.In order to replace fossil fuels with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), the cost of decarbonising air flight fares is likely to become more expensive, which might put several passengers off flying. The UK aviation industry also warned regarding the same and said that the step of moving towards higher-cost…

Last Updated: April 02, 2023, 14:52 ISTVistara Airline (Photo: IANS)Vistara announced that the special flight was operated from Charleston International Airport, South Carolina to Indira Gandhi International Airport, DelhiVistara became the first Indian airline to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to fly a wide-body aircraft on a long-haul flight on Thursday, March 30. A joint venture of Singapore Airlines and Tata Group, Vistara announced that the special flight was operated from Charleston International Airport, South…

Last Updated: January 17, 2023, 18:26 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: Reuters)India, a major consumer, and importer of oil have been buying Russian crude at well below a $60 price cap agreed upon by the WestIndia has cut its windfall tax on crude oil and exports of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and diesel, according to a government notification dated Jan. 16.It cut its windfall tax on crude to 1,900 rupees ($23.28) per tonne from 2,100 rupees per tonne, effective Tuesday.The government also cut the export tax on…

A Cessna 208 Caravan (Cessna 208B, registration N101CG) airplane belonging to CoStar Field Research LLC in Calgary, Alberta on Sept. 20, 2022.Photo: Larry MacDougal (AP)People living near airports that service piston-engine aircraft are disproportionately exposed to lead, a dangerous neurotoxin.A study published this week in PNAS Nexus found that children living near the Reid-Hillview Airport in Santa Clara County, California, had elevated blood lead levels. They’ve pinpointed piston-engine aircrafts at airports like the…

Logan International Airport on November 30, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo: Chris Jackson (Getty Images)Airlines are working to lower their carbon footprint, but flyers are going to have to help foot the costs, the leader of an international airline trade group said this week. Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association, called for more production of sustainable aviation fuel to speed up the industry’s green transition, Reuters reported. In an annual press briefing, Walsh said that…

Taking carbon dioxide, water and sunlight as only inputs, researchers in Switzerland have developed carbon-neutral, sustainable versions of diesel and aviation fuel. This is the first time that fuel has been produced in a power generator rather than a lab. The team started scaling up their design in 2017 and built a solar fuel-production plant at IMDEA Energy Institute in Spain. As per Newsweek, researchers informed that solar-made kerosene, or jet fuel, is fully compatible with the existing way fuel is stored,…