Heathrow Airport gains Airport Carbon Accreditation

11 October 2010 BAA’s Heathrow Airport has become Airport Carbon Accredited. This accreditation is an annual carbon management certification programme, comprised of 4 progressive levels of accreditation: mapping, reduction, optimisation and neutrality. As the...

ICAO reach agreement on aviation and climate change

8 October 2010 The 190 contracting states of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has achieved the first Global Governmental Agreement with aspirational goals to stabilise carbon emissions, Formalised in a resolution of the 37th ICAO Assembly, which...

United and Continental Airlines merger complete

4 October 2010 The merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines has been officially completed to create the world’s largest airline. The combined airlines will assume the name United Continental Holdings, and will start to be integrated into one single...