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Boeing, NASA, United Airlines to test SAF benefits with Air-to-Air flights

Studying how SAF can reduce soot and impact contrails

In a collaboration to strengthen sustainability in aviation, Boeing is partnering with NASA and United Airlines for in-flight testing to measure how Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) affects contrails and non-carbon emissions, in addition to reducing the fuel's life cycle climate impact.Boeing's second ecoDemonstrator Explorer, a B-737/10 destined for United Airlines, will fly with 100% SAF and conventional...

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AirlinesContrails: airlines test new routes

Redirecting aircraft to higher or lower altitudes to pollute less

Contrails from airplanes would have a greater impact on global warming than the Co2 emitted by aircraft engines. These are those very thin white clouds that flying aircraft leave behind. This is what a... more

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AirlinesLufthansa Group achieves operating profit of EUR 1.3 bn in the 3Q

And it confirms outlook for significant profit increase for the full year

Lufthansa Group unveiled today the financial results in the 3Q2025.The highlights: Adjusted EBIT for the first nine months up 300 million euros on the previous yearSustained improvement in cost control... more