Travel Environment Watch - Europe.Oct 25, 2009 EU's Environment Council agreed Wednesday to set a target of reducing aviation greenhouse gas greenhouse gas n. Any of the atmospheric gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect. greenhouse gas emissions by 10% below 2005 levels by 2020. The EU will use this target as a negotiating position for December's UN climate change conference in Copenhagen. Oct 23, 2009 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Air France Air France in full Compagnie Internationale Air France French passenger and cargo airline with more than 200 destinations in some 80 countries. It introduced supersonic Concorde service in 1976, but financial loss led the company to cease its Concorde American Airlines and Air France are preparing to demonstrate next generation technologies and procedures designed to cut noise pollution and carbon emissions and conserve fuel after test flights originally scheduled for June were postponed following a fatal Air France Airbus A330 crash. Both carriers will operate one precision altitude flight on 7 December between Paris Charles De Gaulle and Miami International airports, with American using an upgraded Boeing 767-300ER and Air France flying a 747, American 777/737 program manager Brian Will said. Oct 23, 2009 ETS ETS Educational Testing Service (nonprofit private educational testing and measurement organization) ETS Emergency Telecommunications Service ETS Electronic Trading System ETS Engineering (&) Technical Services Aviation ETS Aviation is at NBAA NBAA National Business Aviation Association, Inc. NBAA National Board of Accountants and Auditors NBAA Nichiren Buddhist Association of America trade show promoting software that will help operators of all sizes comply with the stringent new European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community legislation. Aviation Footprinter provides operators with a fast and efficient way of analyzing, presenting and reporting annual emissions data as well as targeting operational inefficiencies, bringing down fuel costs and reducing the amount of carbon that will need to be purchased on the European Emissions Trading Scheme market. The software has been selected by flight-planning company Flightworx Aviation as the emissions-reporting tool for its new Air Bridge service, which encompasses the whole flight planning package at a saving of up to 45%. Oct 20, 2009 SITA SITA confirmed that 12 Arab Air Carriers Org. member airlines will be the first to deploy its Aircraft Emissions Manager. Next month's deployment follows the submission, in consultation with SITA, of the airlines' plan to monitor carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions and capacity to EU authorities in an effort to comply with the new Emission Trading Scheme. SITA said it developed a model that combines airline operational data with financial assumptions in order to assist carrier management in understanding the cost impact of the EU's ETS. Aircraft Emissions Manager also will support the required 10-year storage of ETS-related information. The 12 airlines are Afriqiyah Airways, EgyptAir, Jordan Aviation, Kuwait Airways, Libyan Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Oman Air, Royal Jordanian, Syrian Arab Airways and Yemen Airways. Oct 19, 2009 ZZ AirGuide 091026 Editorial eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact our Director of Content Aram Gesar eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For Advertising and Marketing: advert@AirGuideOnline.com For Custom Content: content@AirGuideOnline.com ISSN ISSN abbr. International Standard Serial Number 1544-3760 - Copyright [c] 2009 AirGuide / Pyramid Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. |
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