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Grants will help innovators develop new concepts – such as an automated boat that could deliver parcels by water – to tackle pressing transport issues.

• Updated: 21 March 2024

First-ever 100% SAF-fuelled commercial transatlantic flight marks a milestone in decarbonising air travel.

• Updated: 28 November 2023

Framework agreed by the international aviation sector to reduce aviation fuel emissions by 5% by 2030.

• Updated: 24 November 2023

Advanced Fuel Fund winning projects will help create up to 10,000 green jobs by 2035 and enhance the economy by around £1.8 billion a year.

• Updated: 17 November 2023

Vital reforms considered by the Aviation Council to achieve an innovative and efficient sector that provides more choice and better value for passengers.

• Updated: 30 October 2023

Government to introduce a revenue certainty scheme to support SAF production in the UK.

• Updated: 4 September 2023

A delivery plan for designing and implementing a revenue certainty mechanism for sustainable aviation fuel has been published.

• Updated: 4 September 2023

Hydrogen-fueled airport vehicles and supermarket delivery trucks could provide greener and more efficient journeys.

• Updated: 2 August 2023

Minister Ghani has announced £12 million of funding for a cutting-edge new aerospace R&D project at Airbus Filton which will support local jobs.

• Updated: 5 July 2023

Funding to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to work in aviation and support the industry to address sustainability and new technologies.

• Updated: 23 June 2023

Industry Minister Nusrat Ghani has announced more than £200 million in funding for cutting-edge UK aerospace projects at the 2023 Paris Air Show.

• Updated: 20 June 2023

UK and US to work together to reduce aviation emissions and accelerate development of sustainable aviation fuel.

• Updated: 15 May 2023

Plans to speed up the design, manufacture, and rollout of zero emission aircraft and infrastructure at UK airports.

• Updated: 17 April 2023

Energy and freight industry experts work together to support rail, road, air, maritime and warehousing reach net zero by 2050.

• Updated: 5 April 2023

Measures announced to increase use of electric vehicles, as well as the production of sustainable aviation fuel in the UK.

• Updated: 30 March 2023

Night flight policy still under review as new consultation on noise objectives launches.

• Updated: 27 March 2023

The government has awarded funding to companies turning waste into jet fuel.

• Updated: 22 December 2022

Virgin Atlantic wins competition to receive government funding for the first ever net zero transatlantic flight.

• Updated: 16 December 2022

The RAF and industry partners have carried out a world-first 100% sustainable fuel flight using a military aircraft of its size, and the first of any aircraft type in the UK.

• Updated: 18 November 2022

Anne-Marie Trevelyan will tell countries worldwide to reduce aviation carbon emissions at the International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly today.

• Updated: 28 September 2022