Fuelling green aviation

We’ve been hearing a lot this year about flying taxis in the UAE, from California-based Archer Aviation signing deals to launch air taxi services in Abu Dhabi by 2026, to new vertiport infrastructure being planned at Dubai International Airport and Yas Island. Now, Cleveland Clin ... Show More

We recently talked about the GCC piloting a single tourist visa and its effect for UAE travel. Today, we look at Oman where tourism has been on the rise, revenues and occupancy rates have been climbing this year and there are plans to increase hotel room capacity to keep up. We c ... Show More

One month after internet cables were cut in the Red Sea, we speak to telecoms expert Paul Brodsky to understand why UAE residents are still experiencing slowdowns. As AI reshapes the music industry, a local executive explains how major labels are racing to control how their songs ... Show More

Europe’s ambitious climate targets are putting pressure on airlines and airplane makers to come up with sustainable alternatives to dirty jet fuel. Bloomberg reporters Siddharth Philip in London and William Wilkes in Frankfurt join this episode to talk about some ideas on the dra ... Show More

Do you fly more than you used to, or less? For most of the world, the answer is more, and it’s likely to be more for the foreseeable future. This week, Switched On speaks with BloombergNEF oil demand analyst David Doherty about aviation’s current and future demand paths. Expandin ... Show More

Tech Tonic is back with a new season about climate tech. As more people fly, aviation is on track to becoming a much bigger problem for climate change. Host Pilita Clark, FT columnist and climate journalist, looks at the potential for a more sustainable aviation industry, a secto ... Show More

Can flying be made sustainable? Host Tom Standage travels to the year 2042 to find airlines making growing use of “synthetic” aviation fuel, made using carbon dioxide extracted from the atmosphere, which allows for carbon-neutral flights. Back in the present, Nat Keohane, former ... Show More

The aviation industry is responsible for more than 2% of annual carbon emissions. That figure is set to rise as more passengers take to the skies. But the sector has set itself an ambitious target: to hit net-zero emissions by 2050. On this week’s podcast, hosts Tom Lee-Devlin an ... Show More

Welcome to Talking Aerospace Today – a podcast for the Aerospace & Defense industry. A place that brings the promise of tomorrow’s technology to the ears of our listeners today.There’s a lot of talk round air mobility these days. So much innovation. No question the electric verti ... Show More

The aviation industry is responsible for more than 2% of annual carbon emissions. That figure is set to rise as more passengers take to the skies. But the sector has set itself an ambitious target: to hit net-zero emissions by 2050. On this week’s podcast, hosts Tom Lee-Devlin an ... Show More

We’re at the Paris Air Show - a huge gathering of the biggest names in the global aerospace industry.We will hear about the latest innovations in hypersonic passenger planes and how the sector can address environmental concerns.Plus we speak to the defence sector about the latest ... Show More

Billions of dollars of aircraft orders, manufacturing and maintenance tie ups, advancements on how to make aviation more sustainable – it must be the Dubai Airshow which is proving to be another blockbuster week for the industry. Host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief and ... Show More