Sustainable Aviation Intelligence

21 Mar 2025

SAVi Five: EU to ‘correct’ low aviation Taxonomy alignment, SBTi opens door to SAF insets, and more…

Five noteworthy aviation sustainability developments in the past seven days curated by the Ishka SAVi team.

2 Aug 2024

SAVi Five: ANZ sets precedent by dropping climate targets, new non-CO2 research, and more…

Five noteworthy aviation sustainability developments in the past seven days curated by the Ishka SAVi team.

9 Jul 2024

SAVi Briefing: Carbon capture and its relevance to aviation

This Ishka SAVi Briefing unpacks Direct Air Capture technology (DAC) for aviation: what does it entail, what does it cos...

7 Mar 2024

How can lessors help unlock emissions intensity reductions from the current fleet?

In this joint report, Rob Neale, Chief Product Officer at PACE, and Eduardo Mariz, Senior Analyst and Sustainability Lea...

19 Jan 2024

SAVi Five: EU sets sights on ‘Fit for 90’ by 2040, airline EU Taxonomy eligibility in 2023, and more…

Stories covered in this update include reports that the European Commission is set to recommend next month a 90% net red...

12 Sep 2023

Sust Finance in aviation: Taking stock of incentives, aircraft, banks, and attitudes

Ishka examines the typical incentive or penalty in aviation sustainable finance transactions, favoured aircraft types, a...

27 Jul 2023

Sust Finance: New deals by EasyJet, Jet2 and JAL, Heathrow adopts flight emissions KPIs

Six new sustainable finance transactions involving airlines or aircraft – including one lessor – have been added to Ishk...

20 Jul 2023

Briefing: Rising EU ETS prices – a boon for neos and MAXs?

Ishka delves into CO2 emissions data powered by PACE and BloombergNEF’s EUA price forecasts to pit new versus old - neos...

14 Jul 2023

Briefing: 14 banks have now set 2030 aviation emissions intensity targets – Ishka research

New Ishka research reveals that at least 14 global lenders have published 2030 emissions intensity reduction targets for...

6 Jul 2023

SAVi Extra: UK to tighten aviation ETS, following EU lead

This July 2023 issue covers relevant sustainability developments for aviation finance during May and June 2023: sustaina...

1 Jun 2023

Briefing: The airline cost implications of rising EU ETS allowance prices

For decades, fuel and labour have made up the lion’s share of an airline’s operational cost, but in Europe – and potenti...

20 Apr 2023

New UK net zero roadmap sees more SAF, but also slowing passenger growth

A revised UK aviation industry-backed net zero carbon roadmap has made a rare acknowledgment that the higher costs of de...

8 Feb 2023

Flyr bankruptcy may carry EU ETS lessons for lessors

Norwegian low-cost carrier Flyr filed for bankruptcy on 1st February after a failed last-ditch attempt to raise NOK 330 ...

24 Nov 2022

EU pushes aviation levies to pay for new COP27 landmark fund

The EU has pushed for a “broad donor base” including highly polluting sectors like aviation to pay for COP27's landmark ...

25 Oct 2022

One aircraft, many intensities: Comparing CO2/ASK of new-tech operators

Ishka analyses data powered by PACE to compare tonnes of CO2/ASK fleet averages across operators of five new-technology ...

16 Nov 2021

COP26 leaves vague aviation targets and VIP flight shaming

The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, ended last week with climate pledges by nations for aviation...

19 Oct 2021

White paper: How much SAF would an A320 need to match an A320neo’s emissions?

In a guest white paper, FPG Amentum examines how much SAF (and how much money) it would take current-technology A320 and...

8 Jun 2020

Aviation’s green dreams sidelined by Covid-19

Covid-19 has pushed the climate crisis out of the limelight. Airlines and governments worldwide have put the focus on sh...