Tag: Airbus

How aviation partnerships are strengthening humanitarian logistics

Stuart Mitchell

Airbus have posted on their website here an explanation of their new partnerships strengthen their humanitarian efforts, and I felt it might be of interest to some of our readers. The humanitarian sector is facing unprecedented challenges. With a growing number of emergency and protracted crises, coupled with a drastic drop in global funding in 2025, the humanitarian aid community is grappling with how to maximise its resources to continue reaching those most in need. In this critical landscape, strategic partnerships, prioritising flexibility and agility, are not just beneficial, they…

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Biomass, a satellite to look inside the world’s forests like never before

Stuart Mitchell

Most of us learned in school that trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) during photosynthesis, store carbon in their cells, and release oxygen into the atmosphere. This process plays a significant role in the carbon cycle and helps regulate the Earth’s climate. However large-scale data on the amount of carbon stored in the world’s forests and how they are changing over time is not readily available.  This is where ESA’s Earth Explorer Biomass satellite, built by Airbus, comes in. Set to launch in the coming days, this mission aims to fill…

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Airbus launches study on non-CO2 aircraft emissions with Canadian aerospace partners

Stuart Mitchell

Airbus and major Canadian aerospace academic and research organisations have launched a project to measure non-CO2 emissions produced from different jet fuels, including 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).  The project named Contrail Research Yielding STimulating Advanced RQL Learning (CRYSTAL) includes a ground and flight test campaign at Airbus’ Mirabel site in Canada, the A220 Programme headquarters.  The CRYSTAL project aims at measuring emissions on-wing (ground testing) and in-flight emissions and contrails at various altitudes (flight testing) using the A220 flight test aircraft.   Both ground and flight tests will be operating…

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EcoPulse paves the way for more sustainable aviation

Stuart Mitchell

EcoPulse, the distributed hybrid-electric propulsion aircraft demonstrator developed jointly by Daher, Safran and Airbus – has concluded its flight test campaign, delivering crucial insights to meet the decarbonization goals for air transport by 2050. This collaborative project, which is emblematic of the French aerospace sector, has provided unique experience in the design, certification, production, and operation of hybrid-electric aircraft. Pioneering flight tests EcoPulse performed its first hybrid-electric test flight on November 29, 2023, from Tarbes–Lourdes–Pyrénées Airport. Since its maiden flight, EcoPulse accumulated 100 flight hours and performed some 50 test…

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Airbus partners with Avolon to explore future of hydrogen aviation

Stuart Mitchell

Airbus has announced a new partnership with aircraft lessor, Avolon, to study the potential of hydrogen-powered aircraft, marking the very first collaboration of the ZEROe Project with an operating lessor.  Announced at the Farnborough Airshow, Airbus and Avolon will investigate how future hydrogen-powered aircraft could be financed and commercialised, and how they might be supported by the leasing business model. Airbus is putting significant resources into exploring how the industry can introduce hydrogen-powered aircraft and how it works on the ground with airports and airlines. The development of a viable…

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