The EU is different than other regions with respect to its focus on “green initiatives”, especially the commercial aviation sector. There is a carbon tax on jet fuel and the costs of running an airline in Europe will keep rising. Therefore, despite the pandemic and...
KLM is in the final stage of deciding on the order for 160 aircraft for KLM, Dutch Transavia, and Transavia France. “We are in the final ten laps of the race”, said Boet Kreiken, Executive Vice President Customer Experience. AirInsight spoke to him on the sidelines of...
UPDATE JULY 30 – To bring you more aviation news, Airinsight introduces News in Brief. During each month from July onwards, we compile a rolling story by date with news that is sometimes too small for a deep analysis but still interesting enough not to be...
Air France-KLM is slowly returning to profitability. Higher bookings and lasting effects of the restructuring and recapitalization initiatives have produced better results in the second quarter and first six months. More improvements are on their way, but the airline...
UPDATE – The quest for more sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) in North America has received a boost this week. On July 14, Boeing announced a partnership with SkyNRG Americas on scaling up the availability and use of SAFs on a global level. At the same time,...
