environmental sustainability

The companies are aiming to reduce carbon emissions from ground operations.

JFK’s coming Terminal 6 will use an entirely electric ground fleet, officials with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced this week.

Air France-KLM’s 46th Airbus A220 arrived in Paris on Monday after a flight powered in part by sustainable aviation fuel, commonly known as SAF.

The Oneworld alliance currently has fourteen member airlines serving a network of over 1000 destinations in more than 170 territories. Following an event in Nigeria to celebrate Royal Air Maroc’s second anniversary of membership in the alliance, Airline Geeks asked Oneworld chief executive officer Rob Gurney for comments on the response to the coronavirus pandemic by […]

Boeing revealed its latest ecoDemonstrator aircraft on Thursday, June 3. In a briefing with reporters, the American manufacturing behemoth outlined a number of new projects that it plans to test with the aircraft. Boeing will retrofit an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 with a number of new technologies in order to test how each project performs […]

Joining the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its ongoing commitments to reducing the aviation industry’s carbon emissions, the Singapore Airlines Group – consisting of national carrier Singapore Airlines, budget airline Scoot and Singapore Airlines Cargo – announced on Monday in a press release that it has pledged to achieving net zero carbon emissions by […]

Global private jet operator VistaJet is committing to carbon neutrality by 2025, racing ahead by a quarter century as compared to aviation industry goals trying to target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The airline also spearheaded the call for better change by not only working with, but also pushing the aviation industry to go beyond […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has set an ambitious goal for global air travel emissions: cut the CO2 the aviation industry emits by 50% of 2005 levels by 2050. Airlines are at different stages in their adjustments, with some carriers clearly breaking out as clear leaders in the fight against climate change. United Airlines […]

Even as the ongoing pandemic and climate change have spurred ongoing the environmental, ethical, social and economical discussions and affected lives of the most fragile people across the globe, Air Canada announced its long-term commitment to advancing climate sustainability throughout its business by adopting an ambitious climate target to realize a goal of net-zero greenhouse […]