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September 28, 2022

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The Airline Race for a Breakthrough Fuel to Cut One Billion Tons of Carbon Is Just Starting
(SOURCE: CNBC)

The airline industry likes to point out that it is responsible for "just" 2% of CO2 emissions globally. But as the auto industry is transformed rapidly by electric vehicles, aviation's share will grow, especially if projections for air travel to triple by 2050 hold.

Airlines and startups in the sustainable aviation fuels space are still in the very early days of testing breakthrough technologies including multiple approaches to green hydrogen.

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AVIATION

Airlines Scrap Over 2,000 U.S. Flights as Hurricane Ian Set to Make Landfall (REUTERS)

Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Emirates: What’s the World’s Top-Rated Airline? (EURO NEWS)

Malaysia's Newest Budget Airline Ready to Take Off (MALAYSIA NOW)

HOSPITALITY

Meliá Launches Meliá PRO Business Traveller, a Program Designed for the Return of Corporate Travel (4HOTELIERS)

SUSTAINABILITY

Air Canada Selects Choose for Carbon Offsets (BTN)

Cebu Pacific Inks SAF Supply Deal from 2026 (FLIGHT GLOBAL)

OTHER INDUSTRIES

Modernizing Business Travel Will Yield Tens of Billions in Economic Value, Finds Amadeus Commissioned Study (PR WEB)

Minor Hotels Africa Gears up for the Business Travel Revolution (AFRICA.COM)

Microsoft on the Trends and Tech Shaping Travel (PHOCUSWIRE)

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Crisis24 Intelligence Brief

Cuba and United States - Hurricane Ian tracking north-northeast in eastern Gulf of Mexico late Sept. 27. Landfall forecast over west-central Florida, US, Sept. 28.

Russia - Protests, travel disruptions, security incidents likely across Russia into mid-October in reaction to Kremlin's partial mobilization order.

Singapore - Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2022 to take place Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Plan for traffic disruptions likely Sept. 28-Oct. 4.

Spain - Unionized taxi drivers plan to protest in Seville, Spain, Sept. 28. Transport disruptions likely.

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