Articles tagged “emissions”

Travel Technology

JetZero Wins $235 Million Contract from U.S. Air Force for Next-Gen Jet

JetZero is one of multiple aircraft startups with promises of low or zero emissions that have raked in hundreds of millions of dollars in recent months.

Reuters, Skift | 8 months ago

JetZero Wins $235 Million Contract from U.S. Air Force for Next-Gen Jet

Airlines

Google, Lufthansa and EU Team Up to Measure Climate Impact of Flights

Calculating the actual environmental impact of flights has been an immature art. Getting real data from Lufthansa should advance the effort.

Dennis Schaal | 11 months ago

Google, Lufthansa and EU Team Up to Measure Climate Impact of Flights

Hotels

Hotel Reporting Shows Environmental Blind Spots

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at hotel environmental performance, U.S. airline labor struggles, and infrastructure needs at Middle East airports.

Rashaad Jorden | 1 year ago

Hotel Reporting Shows Environmental Blind Spots

Airlines

Booming Airline Traffic Could Force Carriers to Buy Carbon Offsets as Early as 2024

Although the United Nations believes carbon offsets can help reduce airline emissions, its approach has major skeptics in some industry executives who don't see them as an effective solution to worsening aviation-related pollution.

Allison Lampert and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters | 1 year ago

Booming Airline Traffic Could Force Carriers to Buy Carbon Offsets as Early as 2024

Travel Technology

An Artificial Intelligence Remedy to Ease Traffic Jam Madness This Summer

Travel reports are revealing that people are going to be spending more time on the road this year than during any other pandemic year. One company is introducing a new technology to make sure people are actually spending that time in transit, not at a traffic light.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

An Artificial Intelligence Remedy to Ease Traffic Jam Madness This Summer

Business Travel

Google Picks Prince Harry’s Travalyst for Emissions Data and More Top Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Google joins global partnership Travalyst, backed by Prince Harry, in an act towards sustainability, Europeans are set to make record summer travel numbers, and loyalty programs are being revamped across major and minor travel brands alike.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Google Picks Prince Harry’s Travalyst for Emissions Data and More Top Stories This Week

Airlines

Airlines’ Emissions Cuts Are Key to Their Corporate Travel Recovery: Report

We are still a long way away from corporate policies actively lowering carbon emissions by airlines or any other industries, but it is promising to see what role they could have.

Jamie Freed, Reuters | 2 years ago

Airlines’ Emissions Cuts Are Key to Their Corporate Travel Recovery: Report

Business Travel

Corporate Travel Targets Business Class to Cut Its Carbon Footprint

Companies learned during the pandemic that not all business travel was as necessary as previously thought, which makes choosing what's right for the future of the planet both a smart short- and long-term business decision.

Jamie Freed and Rajesh Kumar Singh, Reuters | 3 years ago

Corporate Travel Targets Business Class to Cut Its Carbon Footprint

Airlines

Google Flights Adds Carbon Emission Estimates to Search

Informed consumer choice could help defuse the carbon bomb. But it'll take many actions to respond to the climate emergency.

Sean O'Neill | 3 years ago

Google Flights Adds Carbon Emission Estimates to Search

Airlines

White House Aims For 20 Percent Lower Aviation Emissions by 2030

As the race for net carbon neutrality inches closer, governments are looking for ways to incentivize airlines into reducing their carbon footprints. Let's be real, who doesn't like a tax cut, but why can't an airline do the right thing for the sake of the people it serves?

Allison Lampert, David Shepardson, and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters | 3 years ago

White House Aims For 20 Percent Lower Aviation Emissions by 2030