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British Airways and Virgin Atlantic CEOs to speak at Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024

Travel Daily Media

Taking place 15-16 May 2024, Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024 will see representation from the global aerospace, energy, manufacturing, finance and investment sectors, alongside regulators, academia and government departments, come together for two days of networking, demonstrations and insight sharing.

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United Takes a Stake in Hydrogen-Electric Engine Technology

Business Traveler USA

The new agreement will see United “pursue a conditional purchase agreement for 50 ZeroAvia ZA2000-RJ engines, with an option for 50 more, enough for up to 50 twin-engine aircraft which would be operated by United Express partners once they are fully developed and certified by regulators”. united.com, zeroavia.com.

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Sustainable Travel: Opportunities Digital Technology Provides for a Greener Business

AltexSoft Travel

In this post, we explore what digital technology can bring to the table. However, modern digital technologies can play their part as well. Transformation plans to reach so-called net-zero emissions by 2050 are developed and submitted. Here are some examples of how technology can help address this problem.

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Carbon Offset in Aviation Explained: How ICAO CORSIA Helps Airlines Get Closer to Net Zero

AltexSoft Travel

IATA and its members committed to go net zero by 2050, which sounds great, but the problem is that the amount of air traffic is forecasted to be more than 3 times greater by that time. Later on, we’ll look at the regulating standards and talk about offsetting programs. Carbon offset regulations in aviation. They include.

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IATA Explained: The Role of International Air Transport Association in the Aviation Industry

AltexSoft Travel

In 2016, the McLaughlin-Sherouse List was published, which ranked all industries in the US according to RegData’s Industry Regulation Index showing the most regulated ones. So, let’s talk about IATA – one of the main regulators of the aviation industry. Source: Fine Art America. What is IATA? IATA’s mission and main purposes.

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IHG’s Kenneth Macpherson Offers a Positive Outlook

Business Traveler USA

I think the primary driver at the moment [that is restricting travel] is all the regulations put in place with the great intention of governments’ care for public health. I believe those rules and regulations will relax; we’re starting to see evidence of that already. MACPHERSON: Firstly, I am optimistic.

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The future of events, venues and cities: learnings about how to future-proof against future crises

The MICE Blog

From a citywide safety perspective, the biggest challenge, according to Kim Joosten, Deputy head of security host city for the ESC was, ‘The constantly changing rules and regulations about COVID-19. We started with all the preparations in 2019, but when we started again in 2020 we didn’t know what we are going to have in May 2021.

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