Asia-Pacific Aerospace Briefs Today
February 29th 2024
Today’s briefs report news from Airbus, All Nippon Airways, DHL, Himalaya Airlines, IAG, Japan Airlines, LCI and Leonardo. Read More »
Airbus and LCI are to jointly develop ecosystems for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) with a focus on partnership scenarios and business models in three core AAM areas: strategy, commercialization and financing.
Himalaya Airlines has joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Based in Nepal, the carrier’s passenger flights serve several countries in the Middle East and South Asia with a young fleet of three A320s and one A319.
Japan Airlines (JAL) is participating in the “FRY to FLY Project” which is promoting initiatives for the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) with used cooking oil as its feedstock. JAL has signed a partnership agreement with Yokohama City, a participant in the project, to establish and implement a system for collecting used cooking oil from households from March next month.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will update its highly acclaimed THE CONNOISSEURS collaboration menu from March 2024. The new menu is the result of collaboration with 12 celebrity chefs, liquor professionals from Japan and abroad and ANA's in-house chefs.
International Airlines Group’s (IAG) has signed a 14-year off take agreement for 260m gallons of SAF from Berkley-based Twelve. The U.S. company, which has developed and patented a proprietary process that can produce high-quality synthetic fuels from renewable electricity and CO₂, is constructing a demonstration plant in Moses Lake, Washington. It will supply its first SAF deliveries to IAG airlines in early 2025.
Leonardo concluded at Torino-Caselle airport the Regional Integrated Aircraft Demonstration Platform campaign with its C-27J Flying Test Bed, a technological demonstration aircraft in the European Clean Sky 2 programme. The test experimented with innovative wingtips and morphing winglets capable of changing shape during flight.
DHL and Formula 1 have confirmed a multi-year extension of their partnership, continuing the delivery of FIA Formula One World Championship air cargo transport worldwide.
