Austrian slammed for misleading 'carbon neutral' claim
- BTN News
- Thursday, 01 September 2022
The Austrian Advertising Council (AAC) has called Austrian Airlines' campaign offering ‘carbon-neutral’ flights 'misleading'.
The Austrian Advertising Council (AAC) has called Austrian Airlines' campaign offering ‘carbon-neutral’ flights 'misleading'.
A recent report from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) said business travel spending rose 5.5 per cent year-over-year to US$697 billion in 2021 (way below the US$1.4 trillion in 2019), but a new report says that of Americans who travelled for work at least three times a year before the pandemic, 20 per cent never expect to travel for business again.
USA-based United Airlines and Dubai's Emirates will announce a code-share agreement on September 14, according to Reuters.
Taiwan's China Airlines has chosen Boeing's 787 to renew its medium and long-haul fleet, replacing its ageing Airbus A330s.
In Australia, dnata's ground crew have begun voting on whether to take industrial action after failing to agree a pay deal with the company.
MJets has again renewed its Transport Security Program (TSP) under the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 in accordance with Australian regulations to operate private jet charter services for the next five years (from 15 August 2022).
The UK's Department for Transport (DfT) is still planning to overhaul air passengers’ compensation rights as part of its post-Brexit reforms, with the intention to link the payment to the fare paid instead of a fixed payment tied to the length of flight delay.
Australia's Qantas has confirmed rising avgas costs mean fare price rises of up to 20 per cent on international routes and 10 per cent on domestic.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to increase fares from Australia to the UK's London Heathrow.
Iceland-based Play Airlines is adding flights from the USA's Dulles Airport to Europe via Reykjavik from April next year.
The Laos government is to restructure its loss-making national carrier Lao Airlines via a committee that will develop a new business plan for the airline and restructure its entire operation.
The Austrian Advertising Council (AAC) has called Austrian Airlines' campaign offering ‘carbon-neutral’ flights 'misleading'.
A recent report from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) said business travel spending rose 5.5 per cent year-over-year to US$697 billion in 2021 (way below the US$1.4 trillion in 2019), but a new report says that of Americans who travelled for work at least three times a year before the pandemic, 20 per cent never expect to travel for business again.
USA-based United Airlines and Dubai's Emirates will announce a code-share agreement on September 14, according to Reuters.
Taiwan's China Airlines has chosen Boeing's 787 to renew its medium and long-haul fleet, replacing its ageing Airbus A330s.
In Australia, dnata's ground crew have begun voting on whether to take industrial action after failing to agree a pay deal with the company.
MJets has again renewed its Transport Security Program (TSP) under the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004 in accordance with Australian regulations to operate private jet charter services for the next five years (from 15 August 2022).
The UK's Department for Transport (DfT) is still planning to overhaul air passengers’ compensation rights as part of its post-Brexit reforms, with the intention to link the payment to the fare paid instead of a fixed payment tied to the length of flight delay.
Australia's Qantas has confirmed rising avgas costs mean fare price rises of up to 20 per cent on international routes and 10 per cent on domestic.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to increase fares from Australia to the UK's London Heathrow.
Iceland-based Play Airlines is adding flights from the USA's Dulles Airport to Europe via Reykjavik from April next year.
The Laos government is to restructure its loss-making national carrier Lao Airlines via a committee that will develop a new business plan for the airline and restructure its entire operation.