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Good morning from Skift. It's Friday, February 25, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

The acquisition of Smooss clearly wasn't a budget buster for Hopper, but it could be another piece in the unglamorous behind-the-scenes tech effort to smooth the way for distribution deals with airlines.

Listen now to a conversation with Air France-KLM CEO Benjamin Smith at Skift Global Forum in September 2021 in New York City.

Air France-KLM is barred from investing in other airlines until it has paid back the billions in state aid it took from the French and Dutch governments. But even still, the Franco-Dutch group says it is not in any rush to invest in Italy's ITA.

Travelport is certainly firming up a lot of the themes alluded to in its rebranding. And it's good timing, as the travel tech giant's reincarnation may well coincide with the business travel sector's delayed recovery.

Air France-KLM got a good surprise when the U.S. announced it would reopen to vaccinated travelers last month. The airline is gearing up for a strong Summer 2022 as it emerges from the crisis.

Air France-KLM is renewing its European fleet with new Airbus A220 jets. The plane's are a key pillar of the group's aim to improve efficiency and cut carbon emissions per passenger in half by the end of the decade.

Airlines need to work more closely with railway operators to fend off climate change activists. But they also need to test new technological ways of selling content from other suppliers. Let's think beyond joint ventures, codeshares, and interlining.

In terms of saving the planet, the next best thing to not flying long-haul could be flying on a plane that uses sustainable fuel. Many companies are buying into this now, but it's still early days.