As air travel becomes more harmful to the environment, companies are betting on battery power as a cleaner alternative to jet fuel.
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Abu Dhabi
Video: Can the aviation industry go green?
Eco-friendly travel is more than just abolishing plastic waste on flights or choosing to offset your carbon footprint. From innovations in fuel efficiency to electric planes, green travel is a booming business. CNBC’s Nessa Anwar explains ‘eco-travel’ in the air industry and what it means to be on an eco-friendly flight.
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Video: Why don’t we have electric planes yet?
Electric planes could revolutionise flight, from commuting in air taxis to making regional flights more affordable and long-haul flights more environmentally friendly.
ACCEL
In pictures: Rolls-Royce unveils the world’s fastest electric-powered aircraft
The plane is part of a Rolls-Royce initiative called ACCEL and is a key part of Rolls-Royce’s strategy to champion electrification.
Air Race E
In pictures: World’s first ever electric sport plane at Dubai Airshow
The plane will help shape the model and rules for the inaugural Air Race E race in 2020
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Video: This ex-Tesla engineer wants to change aviation
Impossible Aerospace founder and CEO Spencer Gore hopes to make self-flying electric planes that would make jet fuel – and the pollution from burning it – obsolete.