KLM has committed to purchase 75,000 tonnes of biofuel each year from 2022 onwards from a new plant being contructed in Amsterdam. The Dutch carrier says that under a 10-year agreement it will take 75% of the fuel produced annually by SkyNRG at its planned Delfzijl site, which will be Europe’s first dedicated plant for the production of sustainable fuel. KLM, who part owns SkyNRG, says it is the first airline in the world to invest in sustainable aviation fuel on this scale, adding that it is a "concrete step" towards fulfilling its sustainability ambitions. "From 2022, the plant will produce 100,000 tonnes a year, of which KLM will purchase 75,000 tonnes. This will reduce our CO2 emissions by 200,000 tonnes a year, which is equal to the emissions released by 1,000 KLM flights between Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro," says KLM chief executive Pieter Elbers.

Airbus has fully denied any change in its position regarding the UK’s planned withdrawal from the European Union, after a report emerged which has been widely interpreted as a shift in its plans. The aircraft manufacturer has been vocal in its opposition to ‘Brexit’ as well as the UK government’s lack of progress in providing certainty to companies which, like Airbus, depend on just-in-time manufacturing and smooth international integration processes. “We’re aware that an online article has suggested [Airbus’s] stance on Brexit may have changed,” says the airframer's UK operation. “It hasn’t. We are still seeking clarity, while preparing for a no-deal Bexit.”

Investigators have reason to believe that the wake turbulence from a landing Airbus A350-900 may have contributed to the fatal crash of a light aircraft at Dubai earlier this month. A Thai Airways International A350 had been arriving on runway 30R on the 16th of May, routed from Bangkok, at around the time that the Diamond Aircraft DA62 crashed. French investigation authority BEA, citing United Arab Emirates counterparts, says the DA62 was engaged in inspection activities for ground navigation aids. It had been carrying out an approach to runway 30L which runs parallel to 30R. The two runways are separated by just 380m although the threshold of 30R is displaced some 1,900m beyond that of 30R. “Video footage showed the [DA62] encountered possible wake turbulence at about 1,100ft, following an Airbus A350,” it says.