Qantas executives could be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief after Brussels just stopped short of imposing its full carbon price on the world’s longest international flights. The European Commission had planned to extend the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to all flights departing the bloc. Instead, a new proposal issued last week would apply from 2029 only to international flights serving destinations less than 5,000km from the centre of the EU. That’s

Coughing up the capital for SAF production is not high on most investors’ priorities. As things stand, creating enough sustainable fuel to make a real difference to the industry’s fossil fuel dependence has all the chances of a snowball in environmental hell. But where companies need to reduce their carbon footprint, it would seem to make sense for them to go direct. Google’s newly announced strategic deal with American Airlines sends a message to many other large companies t

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