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easyJet has introduced new cabin crew and pilot uniforms made from recycled plastic bottles

Forty-five bottles will go into each uniform – with a potential of half a million bottles to be reused annually as part of the airline’s commitment to address impacts beyond carbon and reduce waste. Over the course of the five-year uniform contract easyJet will be responsible for preventing 2,700,000 plastic bottles from ending up in […]

Delta reconnects customers across the pond as U.K. reopens to vaccinated travelers

Delta to restart Seattle and Detroit service to London Heathrow in October, adding more New York-JFK flights. U.K. welcoming fully vaccinated Americans without any quarantine requirement whilst Delta’s FlyReady tool takes the guesswork out of travel between the U.S. and London. Delta is ramping up service across the pond to nearly 30 weekly flights this […]

airBaltic extends refund gift voucher validity

Latvian airline airBaltic announces that upon passenger’s request it will extend the validity of gift vouchers issued as a refund for Covid-19 cancelled flights. Now the extended gift vouchers will be valid for travel by December 31, 2022. Passengers, who wish to extend the validity of their gift vouchers, must contact airBaltic Call Center. Only […]

Air One Aviation Generates 145 Million Kilos of Bookings for 1,300 747 Full Charters in First Year as Global GSA for AEROTRANSCARGO (ATC)

Air One Aviation has generated over 145 million kilos of cargo for over 1,300 Boeing 747 freighter flights in its first 12 months as the global general sales agency partner of AEROTRANSCARGO (ATC). Such has been the success of the partnership that Air One Aviation already has another 1,000 full flights booked between August and […]

Korean Air operates 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights

Korean Air has operated 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights as of August 1. The airline launched its first cargo-only passenger flight on the Incheon-Ho Chi Minh route in March 2020, and has operated these flights on 65 routes to North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, China and Japan, transporting 400,000 tons worldwide. Approximately 40 tons are transported […]

British Airways & Partners Shortlisted for Government Funding for Projects to Decarbonise Aviation

Eight projects have been shortlisted for funding by the Department for Transport’s Green Fuels, Green Skies competition – part of the Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, announced in November 2020  The grants will drive meaningful progress towards the development of sustainable aviation fuel plants in the UK and the decarbonization of the aviation industry  Projects […]

Air France awarded 5-star Covid-19 safety rating by Skytrax

On 27 July, 2021, Air France received a 5-star Covid-19 Airline Safety Rating from Skytrax, the international air transport rating agency. Since obtaining a 4-star rating in January 2021, the company has now attained the highest rating in this global benchmark for certifying covid-19 air travel health and safety standards. Air France is the first […]

Airbus commences flight tests with fourth BelugaXL

Airbus has carried out the maiden flight of its fourth BelugaXL high-capacity transport, which took off from Toulouse on 20 July. The Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered aircraft is one of six being constructed by Airbus for its logistics transport division. Airbus has been gradually withdrawing its older A300-600ST Beluga fleet from service as the larger XL […]