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UK Government Announces £53 Million Funding Boost In Sustainable Aviation Fuel Drive

The United Kingdom’s Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it would invest a total of £53 million ($65.6 million) in the country’s sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry.

Source: Simple Flying
Southwest Airlines Unveils New Sustainability Plan to Reach Net-Zero Future by 2050

Southwest Airlines has just announced that it’s charting a bold new course towards environmental sustainability. Its newly unveiled strategy, called ‘Nonstop to Net Zero’, maps out the airline's trajectory toward its goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

Source: Travel Pulse
COP28 host UAE may update climate plans next year after 'insufficient' ranking

DUBAI, Nov 16 (Reuters) - COP28 summit host the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may update its plans to tackle its own contribution to climate change next year after an independent research group ranked them "insufficient", the oil-producing country's climate minister said on Thursday.

Source: REUTERS
Flying towards a greener future

Being sustainable is difficult and more-so for an airline. Though it hasn't stopped Bangkok Airways, an airline that is striving to becoming carbon-neutral.

Source: Bangkok Post
First Emirates flights cleared for take-off with SAF from Dubai

DUBAI, UAE 6 November 2023 – The first Emirates flights operating with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provided by Shell Aviation have taken off from Dubai International Airport (DXB). Emirates’ flight EK 412 bound for Sydney on 24 October was among the first to operate with SAF.

Source: Emirates
American Airlines, JetBlue Call for More Sustainable Aviation Fuel Support

American Airlines and JetBlue Airways are calling for more support from government and the energy industry to develop and produce sustainable aviation fuels at scale to meet carbon emission reduction goals.

Source: Airline Weekly
Singapore Airlines and Scoot Commit to 5% SAF By 2030

Following on from last week's Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines Presidents Assembly, Singapore Airlines and Scoot have announced their commitment to replacing 5% of their total fuel requirements with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by 2030.

Source: Simple Flying
Riyadh Air flies toward its sustainability goals

The airline recently signed an agreement with Lufthansa Systems to integrate a comprehensive operational suite from the German company, comprising Lido Flight 4D, NetLine/Ops ++, NetLine/Crew, and NetLine/HubControl solutions.

Source: Arab News
IndiGo wins CAPA's asia environmental sustainability award 2023

IndiGo has been recognized with the prestigious award titled 'Asia Environmental Sustainability Airline of the Year' by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), a globally respected authority on aviation market intelligence, airline officials said.