MAG recognised for environmental efforts
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28th May 2021
The group has been ranked by the Financial Times as the top performing ‘green’ company within the transport industry
Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has been named as one of the Financial Times Climate Leaders for 2021, ranking at 23 out of 300 of Europe’s leading companies.
Between 2014 and 2019, it was recorded that the operator’s greenhouse gas intensity reduced by 32.7%, making it the top performing company within the transport category. Between these years, the organisation also introduced its decarbonisation strategy at London Stansted.
The airport group believes that its innovations in energy efficiency was the driving force that led to a decrease in carbon emissions. This includes linking lighting, heating and ventilation systems to live flight schedules, so only certain spaces are being heated at a specific time.
14 May 2021, 17:21 BST
Cyclists make their way through Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in West Wales. Sustainable travel is complicated and, as Fran Cellet explains, even the term is flawed.
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British military aircraft must hit net-zero carbon target by 2040, says Air Force chief
Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston discusses his services future with Defense News. WASHINGTON and LONDON The United Kingdom has set a requirement that its Royal Air Force have net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. But according to Air Chief Marshal Mike Wigston, the service needs to work under the assumption that it has to hit that target a decade earlier and accept that other budget priorities will be cut to make it happen. Speaking to Defense News during a recent visit to Washington, Wigston said the push toward net zero where the overall carbon footprint is either reduced to zero or balanced out by other efforts to remove carbon from the atmosphere will also be something he discusses with other air chiefs throughout this year, with a hope of finding agreements on how to move forward as a military aviation community.
Analysis
Talking at the CAPA Live on 14-Apr-2021, British Airways CEO Sean Doyle spoke with CAPA’s Peter Harbison.
In some verbatim extracts below, Mr Doyle discussed:
- BA s rightsizing
- sustainability, fuel efficient fleets and net zero by 2050
- vaccine progress should help open up the UK-US market and fatigue with zoom calls
- the the potential of the A321neo narrowbody opportunity
- the importance of the Qatar Airways partnership in opening up Asian networks
- the China market s importance as it parallels the UK s services sector
- creating a framework for travel to reopen, cheaper testing, vaccinations
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