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Budapest Airport to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2035

Budapest Airport to Achieve Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2035

Budapest Airport held its fifteenth Greenairport meeting at the end of October. The airport operator announced during the sustainability partner meeting that it is working hard to reduce its carbon emissions to zero by no

Manchester Airports Group Offers Carbon Offsetting Scheme for Passengers

Manchester Airports Group Offers Carbon Offsetting Scheme for Passengers

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) today announced it will provide passengers at all three of its airports, including London Stansted, the ability to offset the carbon emissions from their flights in a new partnership with CarbonClick.

Air Tahiti Nui Offers Carbon Offsetting

Air Tahiti Nui Offers Carbon Offsetting

In order to offer passengers the possibility of offsetting the environmental impact of their travel, Air Tahiti Nui signed a new partnership with a New Zealand start-up, CarbonClick. This partnership is part of the company's

Wizz Air: Passengers Can Calculate Carbon Emissions

Wizz Air has launched a carbon offsetting scheme as part of its wider commitment to reducing emissions, enabling passengers to calculate their flight’s environmental impact and offset the carbon emissions thereof. The scheme, in partnership

Qatar Airways Launches Carbon Offset Programme

Qatar Airways today announced the official launch of its carbon offset programme. The airline’s passengers now have the opportunity to voluntarily offset the carbon emissions associated with their journey at the point of booking. Qatar

Alaska Airlines Partners with Microsoft to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Alaska Airlines Partners with Microsoft to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Microsoft Corp. employees who fly between their global headquarters in Redmond, Washington, and California on Alaska Airlines will fly more sustainably thanks to the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to cover their business travel. The SAF, supplied by

New Material to Enhance Carbon Capture Technology Discovered

Scientists from ExxonMobil, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have discovered a new material that could capture more than 90 percent of CO2 emitted from industrial sources, such as natural gas-fired power

Carbon Emissions Per Passenger Decrease More Than 50% Since 1990

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) published information confirming that carbon emissions per passenger have declined by more than 50% since 1990. Much of the improvement has occurred because the industry has achieved an annual

Qantas Group to Reach Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

The Qantas Group will reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in a major expansion of the airline’s commitment to a more sustainable aviation industry. With actions starting from today, the national carrier will: Immediately

British Airways to Become the First UK Airline to Offset Carbon Emissions

British Airways to Become the First UK Airline to Offset Carbon Emissions

From January 2020, British Airways will become the first UK airline to offset carbon emissions on all its flights within the UK.  All customers flying within the UK next year on flights operated by British

ExxonMobil and Mosaic Materials to Explore New Carbon Capture Technology

ExxonMobil and Mosaic Materials said today that they have entered into an agreement to explore the advancement of breakthrough technology that can remove carbon dioxide from emissions sources. Mosaic Materials has progressed research on a

4 Airlines Will Carbon-offset All Flights to/from Chicago

Delta and its joint venture partners Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic will carbon-offset more than 1,800 metric tons of emissions from more than 15,000 Delta, Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic customer flight segments

Wizz Air the Greenest Airline in Europe

Wizz Air announced today that it operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger amongst all competitor airlines.  With 56.5g CO2 per passenger/km in May 2019 Wizz Air is the airline with the smallest environmental footprint per

Kaunas and Palanga Airports Join the International Environmental Protection Programme

Kaunas and Palanga Airports Join the International Environmental Protection Programme

Kaunas and Palanga air gates join the international Airport Carbon Accreditation programme for the management of airport greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, whereas Vilnius Airport has been officially invited to enter already the second stage of

Etihad Cuts Carbon Emissions by 148,000 Tonnes

Etihad Airways managed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 148,000 tonnes last year as it continued to implement fuel-saving initiatives that seek to improve the environmental impact of air travel. The savings are equivalent to