Geneva-based email provider Proton Technologies AG said on Thursday that a message about a bomb threat that led to the forced landing of a Ryanair flight carrying a dissident journalist only came after the plane had been diverted.
The Peninsula
Qatar-based Global Carbon Council (GCC) has recently received full approval from the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organisations’ (ICAO) Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA).
Being host of the GCC, an initiative by the Gulf Organisation for Research & Development and the first and only global voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) offsetting programme of the Mena region, Qatar can be proud of this achievement, which is part of its long march in efforts to realise the most relevant dream of the world, a carbon neutral universe.
With expectation to issue more than 10 million carbon credits in 2021, GCC is listed among eight international programmes that are eligible to supply carbon credits to international airlines to meet their carbon neutral growth.
South Sudan to upgrade aviation infrastructure
Friday April 09 2021
South Sudan has signed a contract with airspace management specialist NavPass, to set up ground infrastructure that will enhance the country’s capacity to manage air traffic and earn more revenue from navigation services. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Summary
South Sudan has outdated, minimal air navigation infrastructure with aircraft flying mostly undetected over large swathes of its territory.
This not only creates safety gaps, but also makes the country lose revenue from aircraft using its airspace.
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South Sudan is revamping its aviation infrastructure to assert control over its airspace for the first time.
How Qantas is fighting the rise of âflight-shamingâ
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Qantas will offset all carbon emissions on its ambitious âProject Sunriseâ flights from Australiaâs east coast to New York and London to fight the rise of âflight-shamingâ, which chief executive Alan Joyce says had stopped Europeans from travelling to Australia with concerns over their personal carbon footprint.
âIf you have people like backpackers â theyâre picking fruit and helping us â and tourists say âAustralia is too far away: thereâs too many carbon emissions; Iâm not going to make the tripâ, then that is terrible.âÂ
Janie Barrett
Sometimes referred to in Swedish as âflygskamâ, the movement gained momentum across 2018 and 2019 partly thanks to teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg.