Tag: reduction
NEWS May 26, 2026 easyJet and Amsterdam Schiphol Have Switched Off Aircraft Engines During Taxiing, and the Fuel Savings Are Already Measurable Every time a commercial aircraft taxis to the runway with its main engines running, it burns through thousands of pounds of jet fuel before it has carried a single passenger a single metre into the sky. At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest and most spread-out airports, that invisible cost has long accounted for a significant share of each flight's total emissions. As of today, easyJet and Schiphol have taken a concrete step to address it. Read More →
ROUTES Apr 29, 2026 Air Canada Has Quietly Pulled the Plug on Its Montreal-Algiers Route Air Canada has cancelled its entire planned summer 2026 service between MontrĂ©al and Algiers, its longest nonstop route to Africa, in a decision directly driven by the doubling of jet fuel prices since the start of the US-Iran conflict in late February. Read More →
NEWS Oct 26, 2024 Singapore Airport Removes Passport Checks, Reduces Wait Times to 10 Seconds with New Technology Changi Airport has improved airport wait times with a new face-scanning technology that removed the need for passport checks. See how travelers can get their face scanned at the airport and read comments from an ICA executive. Read More →
NEWS Oct 26, 2024 Spirit Airlines to Sell 11% of Fleet for $519 Million On Thursday, the Florida-based ultra-low-cost Spirit Airlines announced its decision to sell 23 of its A320-family aircraft, a whopping 11% of its entire fleet. Read More →
ROUTES Dec 31, 1969 Delta Airlines Reduces Capacity Due to COVID-19 Delta Airlines reduces capacity throughout its network. What are its impacts? Click to see more details. Read More →