Christopher Surgenor

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United Airlines forms $50m joint venture to produce SAF from ethanol using a new technology pathway

3 February 2023 Christopher Surgenor

In its largest direct investment in sustainable aviation fuels yet, United Airlines Ventures has formed a $50 million joint venture...

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Amex GBT integrates with CHOOOSE to enhance business air travel emissions data

27 January 2023 Christopher Surgenor

Leading B2B travel platform American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) has reached an agreement with CHOOOSE to integrate the...

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Delta Air Lines’ new airline innovation lab aims to drive the sustainable future of flying

18 January 2023 Christopher Surgenor

Delta Air Lines is to launch its own innovation lab to help accelerate the research, design and testing of ideas...

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Reaching net zero by 2050 is going to be very challenging and very expensive, says IATA chief

16 December 2022 Christopher Surgenor

Climate is the most important issue facing the aviation industry, despite having gone through a very deep and prolonged crisis...

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Airbus and Air Canada invest in DACC R&D as EU unveils plan for carbon removals certification

14 December 2022 Christopher Surgenor

Airbus and Air Canada are to invest in Canadian direct air carbon capture (DACC) company Carbon Engineering to help fund...

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European Parliament and Council reach compromise agreement on changes to the Aviation EU ETS

12 December 2022 Christopher Surgenor

The EU’s Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on revisions to the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)...

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British Airways offers customers the option of carbon removals to address their travel footprint

28 November 2022 Christopher Surgenor

Following the recent launch of British Airways' CO2llaborate online platform that enables customers to address the carbon footprint of their...

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Frequent flyer levy could provide a fair and substantial source of finance for aviation decarbonisation

24 November 2022 Christopher Surgenor

A global levy on frequent flyers could generate significant revenues towards the annual investment of $121 billion that ICAO estimates...

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European travel companies switch to SAF to reduce carbon emissions from customers’ flights

9 November 2022 Christopher Surgenor

European travel organisation Sunweb Group has entered into a partnership with Neste that will include the purchase of 306 tonnes...

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BA inks UK SAF deal with LanzaJet and Nova Pangaea plus launches new customer SAF and offset programme

2 November 2022 Christopher Surgenor

British Airways has agreed to accelerate the Project Speedbird large-scale sustainable aviation fuel production initiative it created in 2021 with...