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Dr Kimberly Camrass is currently Head of Sustainability for Asia Pacific and India at Boeing, where she leads regional aviation decarbonisation efforts, including sustainable aviation fuel advocacy, policy development and cross-sector partnerships.
The NZ carrier’s demonstrator battery-electric BETA ALIA CX300, N401NZ, completed 100 flights totalling 13,000 kilometres over the course of the testing period, visiting 12 airports and aerodromes across the country. Two Air New Zealand pilots and eight BETA Technologies pilots participated.
The investment in low-carbon fuel company HAMR Energy's Portland Renewable Fuels (PRF) project points to the major aviation companies' commitment to working towards sustainable aviation practices.
Under the Australia-China Cooperation for Sustainable Aviation project, Adelaide University will look to “strengthen collaboration between Australian and Chinese stakeholders” on faster development and deployment of SAF into the supply chain.
According to the scientists, the process does not convert carbon dioxide directly into jet fuel, but into “basic chemical building blocks” that can be used for low-emissions fuels and other applications currently served by fossil resources.
Research co-led by the University of Oxford, published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, says airlines could dramatically cut their carbon footprints by using more fuel-efficient planes, increasing load factors, and moving to all-economy layouts.
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