SimpliFlying's Dirk Singer on Building a Greener Future Through Aviation

This week, the SimpliFlying Head of Sustinability and co-author of 'Sustainability in the Air', Dirk Singer joins Alex in the studio as they look into the immense research in sustainable aviation. Explore Airbus's stance on delaying hydrogen aircraft and Norway's ambitious goal of achieving electric flying by 2040, while examining the optimism and concerns surrounding Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF).

Dirk Singer writes and works at the frontlines of climate tech and aviation’s push for net zero. He’s the co-author of Sustainability in the Air, a two-volume series profiling the technologies and people transforming aviation—from hydrogen aircraft to fuels made from thin air. Volume two will be released in May 2025. Dirk has founded and scaled several successful businesses and now leads sustainability at SimpliFlying. His work brings together insiders and outsiders to move fossil-fuel free transportation forward with truth and action.

Dirk's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirktherabbit/?originalSubdomain=uk

Sustinability in the Air website: https://green.simpliflying.com/

Purchase the book here: https://amzn.eu/d/goNgtqK

Season Two is in Partnership with The Spectator

Join Alex and Michael Gove as they co-host The Spectator Energy Summit on Monday 24th November in Westminster. Book your tickets for the final word in energy debates in 2025: https://events.spectator.co.uk/#upcoming

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Recorded at Studio 55 - that has produced Breaking the Taboo and The ABTO Podcast

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:50 Airbus delaying hydrogen aircraft
• 4:15 Hydrogen-enabled airports for hydrogen aircraft
• 5:41 All flights being electric by 2040
• 8:09 Economic factors into electric aviation
• 11:04 The optimisms and concerns of SAF
• 15:20 Aviation growth from 2% to 22%
• 18:21 The hope for a sustainable life
• 21:42 Long term tech in the common flights
• 23:40 Favourite aircrafts
• 25:47 GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT
• 26:13 Ways to get involved
• 27:25 Quick-fire questions
• 35:40 Helicopters getting replaced?!
• 36:52 'Sustinability in the Air' Vol 2