environment

This is a relatively unknown factor in the impact of the aviation sector on the environment. Aside from the debates on the relevance of domestic flights or the ceilings to be imposed in this or that European hub, AirHelp has looked into the consequences of flight disruptions on the planet. And according to the calculations in the study published on 26 September,...

What's going on in the minds of Dutch politicians? The environment is a major issue for the planet, but it also seems to be making the bed of local politicians with its one-upmanship. And it is threatening Amsterdam Schiphol airport, one of the two major hubs of the Air France-KLM group. A plan to...

Heart Aerospace is based in Gothenburg, Sweden, one of Europe's centres for environment-related industries. The company, which was founded in 2019, is an offshoot of a research programme into new sustainable transport solutions, funded by the Swedish government via its Innovation Agency. Heart Aerospace is in fact one of the...

Victory. This is the name of the muse chosen by Uber for Business to play the lead role in its latest white paper. Perhaps this will also be the feeling of corporate customers after following in the footsteps of this business traveller who intends to reconcile international mobility with respect for the environment. Without sacrificing the fluidity of...

The world's first network on which hydrogen-powered trains run daily began operating in Germany in 2018. The 123 km line is located in Lower Saxony between Buxtehude, Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven. The line is accompanied by a hydrogen refuelling station - the first of its kind in the world. It has been on the market since the end of August 2022...

Moovance is a mobile application that helps individuals, businesses and local authorities to assess, control and reduce the carbon footprint of their mobility. Created in 2020, the start-up has raised €1.15 million in funding from investors in the energy and technology sectors, as well as from the Banque Publique d'Investissement....

The CleanCities campaign, a coalition of some 80 NGOs and groups involved in environmental protection and global warming, has just published its 2023 report card on the efforts of 42 cities to become more sustainable. The campaign is a reminder that air pollution kills 300,000 Europeans every year. CleanCities is seeking to...

It's the next logical step for a destination that wants to demonstrate its commitment to eco-responsibility. Already ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 18788 (Safety and Security) certified from 2019, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes was awarded the ISO 20121 (Responsible Events) label last year. These prerequisites now enable it to achieve the...

The decarbonisation of air transport is essential to its survival, as well as being a communication issue for airlines wishing to prove that they are moving towards air transport that is compatible with environmental issues. Air France-KLM has therefore put in place an environmental policy that includes the increased use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF);...

To coincide with the presidential announcements expected in the run-up to the Paris Air Show, the ADP Group commissioned IFOP to survey Europeans' expectations of the airline industry. Nearly a thousand people were questioned in each of the five countries covered by the study (France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain), with a slight over-representation from...

29 April saw the official arrival of the tramway at Bordeaux Mérignac airport. It took four years of work and an investment of 95 million euros to build this infrastructure. Bordeaux thus becomes the 7th airport in France to benefit from a rail link. The other airports are...

Substituting closer third places for home-to-work commutes, or even replacing them with outright teleworking: the logic has been gaining ground recently. And there's no doubt that it would tend to reduce the carbon footprint of those involved. All the more so in cities where employees prefer their cars to public transport...

On Tuesday, the Chaire Pégase, dedicated to the economics and management of air transport and attached to Montpellier Business School, presented its new report on the acceptability of green innovations in the air transport sector. And for an event organised at Roissy during a month of May that is not the most studious, the audience gathered at the...

This is a world first. In Amsterdam, cycling has always been an integral part of everyday life. According to municipal statistics, almost 36% people use bicycles to get around, making some 665,000 journeys every day. And that includes the businessmen who are regularly seen out and about...

American Express GBT is to overhaul the tools it uses to calculate carbon emissions for its customers. The business travel agency will now be adopting the technology developed by CHOOOSE. This will be integrated into the Neo booking tool. The aim is to gain greater precision and legitimacy, so as to have a greater influence on the choices made by business travellers and the...

What direction would you like to give the FNAM as its new Chairman? Pascal de Izaguirre - Broadly speaking, the airline industry is facing two main challenges today: a geopolitical and economic crisis, and the necessary ecological transition. I'm going to work hard to ensure that the FNAM is in a position to come up with credible solutions to...

What are the Aéroports de la Côte d'Azur Group's priorities for 2023? What objectives in terms of passenger traffic or airlines present in Nice? Franck Goldnadel - The Group's priority is to support the upturn in air traffic at all our hubs, while taking environmental issues into account. The...

How do you see the business travel sector in 2023? What major trends can we expect? Laurent La Rocca - In 2023, we anticipate a context marked by factors such as inflation, social issues, but also ecological issues which are increasingly visible. As a result of all these factors,...

Virgin Atlantic, which is due to join Skyteam in early 2023, has been selected by the UK government to receive funding for a "net zero emissions" flight. An experiment that will demonstrate how SAF could replace conventional paraffin. And transform air transport in the long term. Virgin Atlantic is working with a consortium comprising Rolls-Royce, Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and...

The European Commission has approved the French government's intention to limit short-haul flights on its domestic network. Its decision was published at the end of the week in the EU's Official Journal, and welcomed by the Minister in charge of the dossier. "Mr Clément Beaune, the French Minister for Transport, welcomes the decision of...