American Airlines, based in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, will become, on June 11, 2009, the first United States-based airline to test what has been hailed as the “next-generation technology and procedures” to prove that long-haul trans-Atlantic flights could be environment-friendly as well as fuel-efficient.

Airlines in Europe plan to cut carbon emissions by changing landing procedure.

SriLankan Airlines has begun transforming its worldwide operations into environment-friendly ‘Green Flights.’ It is the first airline in South Asia to make a full and unconditional commitment to environmental conservation.

The Environment Agency of the United Kingdom has been assigned to supervise the European Union’s forthcoming plan to cap emissions from the aviation sector.

Four top airlines of the world have requested that greenhouse-gas emissions by the aviation industry be included in a new, broader global climate pact.

Japan Airlines (JAL), the national airline and flag carrier of Japan, has conducted the world's first successful test-flight using biofuel made primarily of a non-food crop called camelina on one of the engines of a Boeing 747-300 aircraft.

Emirates Airline will soon start service of its environmentally-friendly A380 aircraft to Seoul's Incheon International Airport.

The controversy and protests regarding building a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport took a new turn with protestors buying the land meant for the new runway.

  The Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR), a think-tank based in London, the United Kingdom, has opposed the plan to build a third runway at London’s Heathrow Airport saying that the proposed runway will be a “white elephant” unless aviation is made “greener.” 

  As a part of the efforts taking place around the world to cut greenhouse-gas emissions from aircraft that contributes to global warming, Continental Airlines, based in Houston, Texas, the United States, has conducted a demonstration flight using biofuel. 

Air New Zealand, the national flag carrier of New Zealand, has successfully conducted the world’s first commercial aviation test flight using fuel from the seeds of the African jatropha plant.

Airbus Industrie, the aircraft-manufacturing giant based in Toulouse, France, has test-flown one of its Airbus A320 jets with new winglets designed and developed by Aviation Partners, a private corporation based in a Seattle, Washington, the United States, which produces and markets winglet systems.

Japan Airlines Corporation (JAL), United States-based aircraft maker Boeing Company and aircraft-engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney are collaborating to develop a bio-fuel that can be used as jet fuel. The bio-fuel to be used is a mix of Camelina (84 %), Jatropha (15 %) and algae (approx. 1 %).

Emirates Airline will trial a new environmental programme on December 15, when it flies the longest green journey. The programme, to be analyzed and reviewed on the airline’s inaugural flight from Dubai to San Francisco, will represent the world’s first cross-polar green flight, said Emirates.

The government of the United Kingdom has decided to raise the tax for flying out of British airports by at least 10% and, in some cases, the tax will double by 2010 with a view to reducing emissions from aviation.

The government of the United Kingdom has agreed to include the aviation and shipping sectors in its ambitious climate change Bill, a law that aims to set targets to cut emissions of greenhouse-gases.

The European Union (EU) has decided to press countries outside the alliance to include aviation in their existing or future schemes meant to restrict emissions of greenhouse gases.

It sounds incredible, but airlines based in the United States discard aluminium cans every year that are sufficient to build 58 new Boeing 747 jets!

A group of major airlines and Boeing Company, the aircraft manufacturer, have joined hands to accelerate the development of new, sustainable aviation fuels.

Air New Zealand, the national flag carrier of New Zealand, has shown the way in saving fuel, cutting flying time as well as curbing harmful carbon emissions.

The jet fuel using algae produced by Solazyme Incorporated, the company based in South San Francisco, California, the United States, has passed all the tests required for aviation turbine fuel.

The Australian luxury conservation resort, Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa owned by Emirates Hotels and Resorts, which spreads across 4000 acres, has reached its first milestone with the completion of the first of 40 villas, and the planting of the first 1,000 native trees on site.

The failure of the aviation industry worldwide in checking rising levels of carbon emissions could result in the “worst case scenario” for climate change, an unpublished study conducted by the world’s leading experts has warned.