by finlayasher | Nov 11, 2024 | Safe Landing position
The 2024 United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference: the ‘Conference of Parties’ (COP), or COP29, is taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11-22 November 2024. COP29 comes at a pivotal moment, as countries are due to submit new national climate plans – Nationally...
by finlayasher | Sep 4, 2024 | Safe Landing position
What are “eVTOL” aircraft? Electric Vertical Take-Off & Landing (eVTOL) aircraft refers to electrically-powered aircraft that are capable of hovering and taking-off/landing vertically like a helicopter. There are a range of concepts and aircraft configurations...
by Safe Landing Admin | Aug 7, 2024 | Safe Landing position
Aviation Industry Growth Globally, the aviation industry is predicted to grow significantly in the coming decades. Industry leaders claim there’s no need to limit flying to hit net zero, and say this growth will provide thousands more jobs in the sector. Whilst this...
by finlayasher | Aug 5, 2024 | Safe Landing position
Background Like most governments and many other sectors, the aviation industry has an objective of ‘Net Zero emissions by 2050’. However, this will not be enough to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement without ambitious near-term reductions of emissions that we...
by finlayasher | Apr 25, 2024 | Safe Landing position
What is “Sustainable Aviation Fuel”? When we talk about Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) we are referring to either biofuels or electro-fuels (e-fuels). Biofuels are fuels created from agricultural crops or from farm, forestry or municipal waste (e.g....
by finlayasher | Apr 18, 2024 | Safe Landing position
The health impacts of air pollution Did you know that air pollution from aircraft can cause a variety of serious health impacts? This is caused by very small “ultrafine particles” (UFPs) that are emitted from jet engines. These particles are 1000 times smaller than...
