Things we talk about in this episode:

-Jonathan’s background and experience in the sustainable fuels industry

-What is sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)

-What processes exist to produce sustainable aviation fuel

-What are the pros and cons of each of these processes

-What feedstocks does each process need to produce sustainable aviation fuel and how to source them

-What are synthetic fuels and how are they different from biogenic fuels

-What is the current situation of the sustainable aviation fuel industry worldwide

-Why is SAF more expensive than conventional fuel and can this change in the near future?

-What % of the total jet fuel consumption is sustainable aviation fuel?

-How do the logistics and supply chains of sustainable aviation fuel work?

-What are Neste’s plans to increase SAF production

McKinsey is considered by many the top strategy consulting firm in the world, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that it is keeping an eye on the fast-evolving air mobility space.

Robin Riedel is a partner at McKinsey’s and global leader at the firm’s Disruptive Aerospace Sector, which is part of McKinsey’s Aerospace & Defence Practice.

From this vantage point, Robin, who happens to be also an aerospace engineer and a commercial jet pilot, has a rather holistic view of what goes on in this very dynamic industry.

Robin’s team at McKinsey has also been digging into some of the most promising and innovative segments of the new air mobility landscape that is just taking shape. They produce, on a regular basis, a number of reports and very informative content that aims to quantify some of its most relevant aspects, separating hype from reality and presenting a number of prospective scenarios based on hard data and the thorough analysis that characterizes McKinsey’s work.

Tune in for a conversation with one of the leading experts in the field of air mobility innovation!

Things we talk about in this episode:

-The historical background of aviation in the Balkans:

-How Serbia had one of the first airlines in the world

-The interesting story of JAT, Yugoslavia’s national airline during the Cold War

-The breakup of Yugoslavia and JAT’s successor airlines

-How Air Serbia reinvented itself after a deal between Etihad and the Serbian government

-Why is it so difficult for national airlines to thrive in the region

-The role of low cost carriers in the Balkans

-Air traffic trends in the Balkans

-The South East Europe Aviation Summit that Petar’s company (TangoSix) organizes

Californian battery startup Cuberg made headlines in March 2021 when it was announced that it has been acquired by Northvolt, the large battery manufacturer from Sweden.

What did Northvolt see in Cuberg?

Mainly the Li-Metal battery technology that Cuberg is developing, that is expected to deliver a 70% performance improvement over the current generation of Li-Ion batteries. This makes of the batteries that Cuberg is currently developing particularly interesting for the nascent electric aviation industry.

Today on the podcast we are going to talk about all this, as well as about the current state of battery technologies for air mobility, with Richard Wang, the founder and CEO of Cuberg.

Together with Richard, we are going to review the current state and prospects of the battery industry for air mobility purposes. He is also going to share some details about the Lithium-Metal technology they are developing at Cuberg and their plans to move into industrial-scale production in order to power the new generation of eVTOLs that is expected to (silently) buzz the skies of our cities in the near future.

Tune in for a chat at the very edge of the science of batteries!

Things we talk about in this episode:

-What is Falcon Electric Aviation

-How a student-team developed this project

-Who supports Falcon EA

-What are the next stages ahead for the Falcon Electric Aviation Team

Things we talk about in this episode:

-Maria’s background and her projects in sustainable aviation

-Making sense of the Swedish and Nordic sustainable aviation landscape

-Sustainable Aviation Fuel in Sweden: What is Flygreenfund?

-Electric Aviation in the Nordics: which programmes and initiatives are there?

-Why the Nordics are particularly suited to lead in green aviation

-The role of Scandinavia in the sustainable aviation movement

Roei’s background and trajectory in the aviation industry

The story of magniX: how this Australian startup moved to the US to become a leader in electric propulsion

The different green flight projects that magniX is involved in

How magniX motors powered the first ever all-electric commercial flight

The new era of innovation in aviation

France’s ban on short haul flights and how this affects green aviation

Eviation Alice’s and its expected first flight

How magniX works with electric flight innovators and entrepreneurs from around the world

How to partner with magniX

What’s ahead for magniX

Things we talk about in this episode:

The story of Dante Aeronautical & David’s work in the aerospace sector

The clean-sheet electrical plane Dante Aeronautical designed

Why Dante Aeronautical is now focusing on the hybrid-electric retrofit market

Dante Aeronautical’s projects involving seaplanes, in Australia and Spain

Prospects for commercial electric flight

Next milestones for Dante Aeronautical

Things we talk about in this episode:

-The story of PrivateFly

-The story of 4Air

-Can executive aviation be really sustainable?

-How PrivateFly and 4Air work together to offset emissions

-How do 4Air’s different tiers of environmental compliance work?

-How new propulsion technologies can transform executive aviation

-Can executive aviation be a testing ground for new green aviation tech?

-Bitcoin and private jets

How Jeff O’Neill came up with a disruptive idea for a next generation premium economy aircraft seat and crowdfunded its development.

The Zephyr seat is a new two-level seat configuration designed for the premium economy class.

In this episode Jeff shares his entrepreneurial story and the plans he has for Zephyr seat after having captured the attention of the public, media and investors.