Tags: Sustainability

Cathay sets new 2030 carbon intensity target in support of its 2050 net-zero goal

The airline further strengthens its commitment to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) with 10% usage pledge for employee duty travel starting from 2024 Cathay has further demonstrated its unwavering dedication to decarbonising the aviation industry, setting a new target to improve its carbon intensity by 12% from the 2019 level by 2030. ​ This move reinforces […]

Wizz Air Confirms Global Leadership in Sustainability with Second Consecutive CAPA Award

Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing airline, has taken home the award for Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year for the second consecutive year at the CAPA Asia Aviation Summit in Kuala Lumpur.   The CAPA Environmental Sustainability Awards for Excellence recognise airlines, airports and suppliers who put climate change at the forefront of […]

Wizz Air Further Reduces its Carbon Intensity by 11% and Progresses with its Sustainability Targets

Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest-growing and most environmentally sustainable airline globally[1], has published its annual sustainability update, presenting the progress towards its sustainability targets. In the fiscal year 2023[2], Wizz Air achieved the carbon emissions intensity of 53.8 grams per passenger/km, a decrease by 11% compared to the previous fiscal year performance[3]. This is Wizz Air’s […]

Lufthansa Cargo and Kuehne+Nagel pioneer paperless freight transportation with an all-digital shipment flow

Moving jointly forward in the field of digitalization and sustainability in air freight: Introduction of “paperless corridors” between Europe and Asia The first “paperless lane” between Germany and Hong Kong has successfully been established and piloted with 100 per cent paperless general cargo shipments In an era driven by digital transformation and environmental consciousness, the […]

Wizz Air Named Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline for Third Consecutive Year

Airline Receives the Latest Honour at the World Finance Sustainability Awards Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest-growing and most environmentally sustainable airline globally[1], has been named the Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline for the third consecutive year at the World Finance Sustainability Awards 2023. World Finance praised Wizz Air’s sustainability credentials and commitment to reducing emissions intensity by […]

British Airways Enables Customers to Purchase Carbon Removal Credits, Offering Them Even More Ways to Address Their Carbon Footprint

British Airways is now offering customers the opportunity to purchase carbon removal credits through its new online platform, CO2llaborate Carbon removal credits are issued by projects that remove CO2 from the atmosphere or from the carbon cycle, and the credits are recognised by scientists, governments and regulators as a vital tool in helping to address […]

Airbus and CFM International to pioneer hydrogen combustion technology

Airbus has signed a partnership agreement with CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, to collaborate on a hydrogen demonstration programme that will take flight around the middle of this decade. The programme’s objective is to ground and flight test a direct combustion engine fueled by hydrogen, in preparation for […]

easyJet wins sustainability award for recycled uniforms

easyJet has celebrated winning the ‘Sustainability Award’ for its new Pilot and Cabin Crew uniform The uniform is produced using fabric made from 100% recycled plastic bottles With 45 bottles in each uniform, this will prevent 2,700,000 plastic bottles from ending up in landfill or in oceans over five years easyJet’s new Pilot and Cabin […]

airBaltic CEO Martin Gauss: We think greener, we fly greener

During the 2020 Riga Aviation Forum scientific conference, which took place on September 9 and was devoted to sustainability, I had the opportunity to address this important topic which is a crucial part of our business.  The aviation industry has been working hard towards more sustainable operations and with common efforts has demonstrated great results. […]