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For an industry often accused of moving too slowly on climate change, aviation has spent the better part of a decade doing something remarkable. It has aligned around a single destination.
Net zero by 2050 is no longer seriously contested within commercial aviation. Airlines, airports, manufacturers, fuel producers, regulators and governments broadly agree on the objective. The challenge is no longer ambition. The challenge is execution.
Published: Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:09:11 +0000
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released estimates showing that global Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production is expected to reach around 2.4 million tonnes in 2026, representing just 0.8% of aviation fuel use, at a cost to airlines of $4.3 billion.
Published: Sun, 07 Jun 2026 07:03:40 +0000
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Raven, the aviation growth specialists, today launched the Customer Growth Index (CGI) at the 82nd IATA Annual General Meeting in Rio de Janeiro: a single, comparable rating of the digital experience that wins or loses airline bookings. The CGI scores carriers on four measures of airlines’ digital estates - speed, accessibility, booking flow and AI findability - and ranks each one against a bespoke competitive set matched by both business model and geography. In practice, this means a low-cost carrier is judged against comparable low-cost carriers in the same region rather than against a long-haul flag carrier or an operator in another market.
Published: Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:10:03 +0000
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Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics), the world’s leading provider of in-flight engagement and connectivity (IFEC) solutions, today announced that its Astrova in-flight engagement (IFE) solution and its Modular Interactive (MI) platform have entered commercial service with Azerbaijan Airlines onboard the carrier’s Airbus A320neo family fleet.
Published: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:27:00 +0000
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The Travel Technology Association (Travel Tech) has hosted its latest Start‑Up & Investor Connect Webinar, where five early-stage founders presented a new generation of AI powered innovations designed to modernize how travel is planned, sold and experienced. Across the hour-long pitch session, one theme stood out; AI driven infrastructure is rapidly becoming the defining focus of early-stage travel tech.
The session brought together a global group of travel-savvy angel and seed investors, including leaders with deep experience across OTAs, aviation, hospitality technology and destination marketing. Investors were invited to pitch in to the companies’ funding rounds, and offered founders candid feedback on scalability, integrations and real-world applicability.
Published: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:24:42 +0000
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Conduit, the AI coordination layer for hospitality operations, unveiled the next evolution of its platform, expanding its core automated guest messaging capabilities into an operational AI platform with a suite of pre-configured agents for guest support, sales, cleaning and owner communication.
Published: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:19:05 +0000
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InterLnkd has today unveiled NEXORA, a curated ancillary stream that helps inflight connectivity partners turn onboard dwell time into a revenue opportunity – across both full inflight Wi-Fi and closed onboard network environments.
Built as a drop-in upsell layer for inflight portals, NEXORA extends the curation and personalisation technology behind InterLnkd’s AirMall inflight retail solution to the wider ancillary market.
Published: Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:10:30 +0000
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Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics), the world’s leading provider of in-flight engagement and connectivity (IFEC) solutions, today announced that its groundbreaking Astrova in-flight engagement (IFE) solution has taken to the skies in an Airbus A321XLR aircraft for the first time, operated by Saudia.
The program also marks the first deployment of Panasonic Avionics’ Modular Interactive (MI) platform and Arc™ interactive map application in Saudi Arabia, as well as Panasonic Avionics’ wider digital portfolio.
Published: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:41:12 +0000
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Air New Zealand has engaged IBS Software, a leading travel technology company delivering AI-powered travel solutions, to power the commercial launch of Air New Zealand’s Skynest product, the world’s first sleep pod experience available to Economy and Premium Economy passengers on scheduled long-haul flights.
Published: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:39:23 +0000
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The travel industry has undergone a remarkable digital transformation over the past decade. From mobile boarding passes and AI-powered travel planning to contactless hotel check-ins, technology now influences almost every stage of the traveller journey.
Published: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:32:57 +0000