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Emirates Announces $200 Million Investment in Green Aviation
There’s a growing push towards sustainability within the aviation industry. We’re starting to see greater investments in sustainable aviation fuels. The European Union is pushing for it through legislation and some airlines are exploring it on their own. There are a lot of differing opinions on this, some say it’s not ever going to be […]
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Emirates and Etihad Team Up to Boost UAE Tourism
The two major airlines of the United Arab Emirates have agreed to work towards a common goal: to boost tourism to the country. The Dubai-based carrier Emirates and the Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad have signed an agreement to expand their interline agreements to promote tourism in the UAE. This will be accomplished by enabling one […]
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European Union Introduces New Sustainable Fuel Mandates
The European Union (EU) — in its mission to decarbonize air travel — have introduced a new environmentally friendly measure to tackle aviation carbon emissions. This isn’t exactly new across the European Union, they do this all time with new taxes and selective bans targeted towards the aviation industry. What makes this move new and worth […]
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Emirates Increases Service in Asia
As we start a return to normalcy after lockdowns and travel restrictions due to COVID-19, travel isn’t what we expected. Business travel is still returning but leisure travel is returning in full force, often in greater numbers than before the pandemic. Many leisure travelers are also becoming premium travelers resulting in unprecedented business and first-class […]
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How Qatar Airways is Embracing the FIFA World Cup Onboard
Qatar Airways is in the process of fully incorporating and highlighting the 2022 FIFA World Cup into its in-flight services. The 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar starting next month. Passengers will see planes in a special FIFA livery and will be able to stream many of the games directly on their […]
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Air New Zealand Starts Nonstop Service to New York From Auckland
This past weekend saw Air New Zealand launch nonstop flights from Auckland to New York City, ushering in nonstop service from New York to New Zealand. There’s much excitement around the launch, it was first announced in 2019 with the expectation that the first flights would start in October of 2020. Unfortunately, a few months […]
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Emirates Expands Premium Economy to New Cities
This past week, Emirates announced an expansion of their premium economy offering, making it available across more routes. Premium Economy was initially not a focus for the airline, but over the years its popularity has been growing and airlines have quickly come to see the dollar signs tagged to it. Emirates dove head first into […]
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SpiceJet Flights Limited in Light of Safety Issues
Earlier in the week, it was announced that Indian aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, ordered SpiceJet to cut its schedule in half for the next eight week. The airline will only be able to fly a maximum of 50 percent of its flights while under “enhanced surveillance” by the DGCA. The news […]
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United Reorganizes Several Key Leadership Positions
United Airlines recently announced a leadership reshuffle that appears to play to the strengths of several key leadership personnel. This comes at a time when the industry is dealing with significant challenges due to a sudden return to travel that many airlines were unprepared for. United has done a relatively good job compared to its […]
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How Commercial Airlines Help Predict the Weather
We all know that aviation touches everyone’s lives in some way, either directly or indirectly. In this interconnected world, there isn’t much that can’t be attributed to aviation to some degree. If someone digs deep enough, more often than not an aviation angle is found. One surprising place that commercial aviation lends a helping hand […]