The first commercial passenger flight to use 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) took off yesterday—possibly the biggest leap forward for modern aviation since the Wright brothers first flew the Wright Flyer nearly 118 years ago to the day (December 17, 1903), and almost 92 years after the first ... Read more
Perhaps the aviation industry can adopt other green alternatives, such as renewable fuel.
While using solar energy for air travel is a great idea, many challenges currently exist that make the technology too expensive or downright unfeasible.
https://www.vox.com/2016/5/6/11569202/aviation-emissions-solar-plane
Solar energy is becoming a huge deal that even militaries are considering deploying it in spy planes and UAVs.
Solar energy is a promising technology in air travel, and there have been considerable achievements in the past few years.