Tony Harrington
Tony Harrington is a Brisbane freelance journalist covering air transport and tourism, with particular focus on airlines, airports, new aerospace technologies, and sustainable aviation.
AnalysisIs momentum growing for e-Fuels to solve aviation’s decarbonisation challenge?
In the race to develop new technologies and fuels to help cut aircraft carbon emissions, a most unlikely hero is emerging. Carbon.
AnalysisWhat factors risk derailing aviation’s net-zero sustainability goal?
In the vogue and vital space of sustainable aviation, confidence has found a mighty tailwind.
AnalysisHow plans for sustainable aviation are ramping up in Australia
In the corner of a hangar on the edge of Brisbane Airport, a wingless Beech Bonanza called Clyde has become a key enabler of zero emission flight.
NewsAviation leaders see finance and infrastructure key to India keeping pace with ambitions
India’s surging growth has been a persistent and hot talking point during this week’s Singapore Air Show, with focus not just on how far the market has come but how much potential it still has.
NewsAviation leaders flag clear skies ahead
Aviation leaders representing airlines, aircraft leasing, and engine manufacturing each signalled significant and rapid new growth in air travel during an opening day panel at the Singapore air show.
NewsHrdlicka to step down from Virgin Australia ahead of IPO
Virgin Australia chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka has announced her departure after almost four years running Australia’s second largest airline.
AnalysisWhat next after landmark 100% SAF flight?
When a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 flew from London to New York in late November with both its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines powered purely by sustainable aviation fuel, the event was celebrated as a major milestone on aviation’s journey to net zero carbon emissions.
AnalysisAsia-Pacific airlines look to make up for lost time on SAF momentum
A refurbished refinery in Singapore is about to become one of the world’s biggest sources of sustainable aviation fuel, with capacity to produce up to 1 million tons per year.
AnalysisUAE ramps up SAF ambitions ahead of Dubai air show and COP28
Dubai will next month host two major global events which are likely to underline the UAE’s ambition to be a significant player in the supply of renewable energy, particular sustainable aviation fuel.
NewsletterHow Air New Zealand is tackling sustainability challenge
One of the greatest exponents of a 100% pure environmental push is the national airline, Air New Zealand, which was recently recognised as a winner in the Airline Strategy Awards for its Environmental, Social and Governance plan.
In depthWill air travel growth get lost in the noise?
Despite enormous reductions in aircraft noise since the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s, the issue is once again amplifying as a critical challenge for the airline industry.
AnalysisCan Boeing ecoDemonstrator's Asian flight be catalyst for air navigation efficiencies?
Now, in partnership with ANSPs in the USA, Japan, Singapore, and Thailand, Boeing will deploy the 787, its first ecoDemonstrator Explorer aircraft, to test trajectory-based operations (TBO), through which multiple nations work together to optimise flight paths, from takeoff to touchdown.
NewsMoves intensify to cut aviation impact on the ground
In the high-profile, high-stakes drive to decarbonise aviation, all eyes are on the skies and evolving efforts to cut aircraft emissions. But at ground level, significant moves are also underway to cut emissions before, between, and after flights.
In depthHow airlines may deploy eVTOLs
Brazilian carrier Gol is already plotting the network and operations as it sees an opportunity for new electric vertical take-off and landing craft to provide a step change in countering Sao Paulo’s congested traffic for its passengers
AnalysisShake-out looms as zero-emission aircraft developers fight for finance
The rush to reduce aviation’s emissions has created a tsunami of sustainable aircraft concepts, as many as 700 by some estimates.
AnalysisHow airlines are looking to ‘one-percenters’ to decarbonise by degrees
With demands intensifying for aviation to cut its emissions, airlines increasingly are turning to “one percenters”, the quick fixes which deliver immediate results. They are also turning to interim technologies while they wait for bigger breakthroughs.
AnalysisAviation’s thirst for SAF fuels hunger for new feedstock
As airlines encounter ever-stronger climate headwinds, demand for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is sky high and climbing. So too is demand for the non-fossil ‘feedstocks,’ or ingredients, from which it is made.
AnalysisWill governments rise to the net-zero challenge after ICAO landmark deal?
There was elation and relief when the 41st General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) adopted a Long-Term Aspirational Goal of net-zero carbon emissions from air transport by 2050.
AnalysisHow far will governments at ICAO back net-zero aspirations?
What are the industry’s expectations of the ICAO 41st General Assembly? And with so many other competing demands for government funds post-Covid, when it comes down to the wire, how highly will governments actually rank decarbonising the aviation sector?
NewsSeaglider aims to deliver sustainable sea change
Of the hundreds of concepts evolving for zero-emission aircraft, one that is attracting increasing interest is the electric seaglider being developed by Regent Craft.