GreenAir News will cease publishing at the end of September 2026, bringing to a close 19 years of reporting on aviation’s environmental and climate challenges. In a closure announcement, the publication’s founder cited retirement after 55 years in media and the loss of income from its conference business as the reasons for the decision.
The announcement described aviation sustainability as a field that had developed from a niche subject into an industry in its own right during GreenAir’s lifetime. Its founder said covering those changes had been a particularly rewarding part of a long media career, but that it was time to move on. Efforts to secure a new owner for the publication had proved unsuccessful.
GreenAir also pointed to the commercial pressures facing specialist business-to-business journalism. Its founder said readers increasingly expected information without charge, with LinkedIn and other social media, blogs, podcasts and webinars providing alternative sources of news and commentary. The announcement argued that these changes would continue to reduce the number of specialist publications and skilled journalists, a trend the founder said was already evident in aviation and climate coverage.
Conferences had provided a means of supporting GreenAir’s reporting. The founder worked with colleagues to establish the annual Aviation Carbon conference in 2012, which GreenAir described as the longest-running event focused on aviation decarbonisation. Over subsequent years, it attracted major corporate sponsors and international delegates. The event passed to SAE Media Group earlier in 2026; without that revenue stream, the founder said continuing GreenAir was no longer financially feasible.
The website will remain accessible until the end of 2026, although it will no longer be updated after publishing ends. GreenAir’s email addresses will also remain operational, but replies may take longer. The announcement thanked voluntary editorial contributors, including Tony Harrington, Mark Pilling and Chris Lyle, and wished the aviation sustainability sector success in meeting its climate goals.