Aviation

Ryanair invests further €2.5m in sustainable fuel research

Airline partnered with Trinity College Dublin to establish a sustainable aviation research centre in 2021

Pictured are Thomas Fowler Director of Sustainability and Finance Ryanair, Sinead Ryan Dean of Research, Trinity College Dublin and Steven Fitzgerald Deputy Director of Sustainability and Finance, Ryanair.

Ryanair has extended its partnership with Trinity College Dublin (TCD) out to the end of the decade, making a further €2.5 million donation to fund the Ryanair Sustainable Aviation Research Centre.

Underpinned by an initial €1.5 million donation from Ryanair, academic work at research centre started in 2021 addressing the challenge of progressing sustainable aviation.

The multi-disciplinary research team will continue to focus on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and zero carbon aircraft propulsion systems “as well as ...