Corporate business travel 'carbon budgets' loom for airlines reuters.com/business/aeros…

Now #Vattenfall, SAS, Shell and LanzaTech will investigate the possibility of producing sustainable aviation fuel, SAF, on a large scale in Sweden. Instead of virgin fossil raw materials, fossil-free electricity and captured carbon dioxide are used. bit.ly/3nWxOis

American CEO Doug Parker tells Skift conference on video conferencing platforms: "They're huge advancements... but we're going to coexist" Says some travel won't come back e.g. "flying to San Antonio for a deposition"

Fly by Rail: Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum partners with TrenItalia to launch high-speed rail operator IRYO in Spain #FlyResponsibly euroweeklynews.com/2021/11/18/new…

Qantas Introduces Green Tier Status for Frequent Flyers qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases… Tricky. No word on incentives for making more conscious choices, eg. flying less (videocall) or taking the train (eg SYD-MEL) #FlyResponsibly

CSOs (Chief Sustainability Officers) are the new CDOs & CXOs. Kudos to Delta for introducing the airline industry’s first C-Suite level CSO. #FlyResponsibly

CLEAR and Uber partner to help make travel more predictable with "Home to Gate" app integration prnewswire.com/news-releases/… Interesting partnership initiated by unexpected player in the travel chain. Next: integration into Delta app for true #endtoend offering? Future Travel

2020 global seat capacity fell by 44%, 2.5bn less seats. In 2021, capacity rose 13% vs 2020, increase of 420m seats. Still 37% below 2019 levels - back to 2009/2010 OAG

OAG share 2021 domestic and international seat capacity Vs 2019 levels

Uber goes full superapp, adds planes, trains and hotels bit.ly/3LMNZJs via @PhocusWire / Jill Menze

RIP to our dear friend Jack McHale, former CEO of Orbis International, who has passed away. Jack was that rare combination of exceptional brains, heart and vision, with unending passion to make a difference in people’s lives. Thanks Jack for touching our own lives in so many ways.

The UK Government has pledged to deliver the world’s first transatlantic flight powered solely by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by the end of 2023. Rt Hon Sir Grant Shapps Department for Transport #carbonsavings #emissions #netzero #SAF #energy #climatechange futurenetzero.com/2022/05/16/uk-…

The standard for today's airline seat sizing goes all the way back to 1954. cnn.it/3GI71zl

If we want a habitable planet, we're going to have to fly less, and it's going to be significantly more expensive. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Interesting: Spanish regional airline AIR NOSTRUM L.A.M. (which operates as an Iberia_en franchisee) to start flying Hybrid Air Vehicles airships soon? (where is the airship emoji, btw, Twitter?) bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

Air New Zealand’s Hangar 22 opens its doors to the future of ultra-long haul travel, and its spectacular thedesignair.net/2022/06/28/air…

Scaling up multimodality aviation24.be/alliances/star… via Aviation24.be

SWISS is introducing a new ‘Green Fare’ for customers to offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated by their air travel through the use of sustainable aviation fuel and investments in climate protection projects. More info: bit.ly/3oLYJ1l

Brisbane Airport (BNE) has dramatically reduced its net zero emissions deadline by 25-years, in a bold move to become one of the planet’s most sustainable airports. #airports #SustainableAirports #emissions buff.ly/3QqKavR