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Wizz Air Improves its Score in CDP Global Environmental Impact Rating

Score “B” based on Wizz Air’s Climate Change disclosure and performance in 2023 Top grades for Scope 1 & 2 emissions, emission reduction initiatives and two other categories A testament to Wizz Air’s ambitious CO2 intensity reduction strategy Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing and most environmentally sustainable airline globally[1], received the “B” score in the […]

Wizz Air Fully Compliant with Commitments Made to Customers, UK Civil Aviation Authority Confirms

●       Wizz Air made several commitments to the regulator regarding customer claims ●       The UK Civil Aviation Authority has now finalised its review of claims and is satisfied the airline is compliant ●       Wizz Air fully co-operated with the UK Civil Aviation Authority and has invested £90m in improving operations ●       […]

Wizz Air Achieves Another Milestone in its Carbon Intensity Reduction

Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing airline and the winner of the CAPA Global Environmental Sustainability Award [1], announces today that it has achieved 51.2 grams per passenger/km[2] for its CO2 emissions intensity in the first half of fiscal year 2024 (H1F24), which is 8% less than in the same period of fiscal year 2023[3]. Wizz […]

World’s biggest digital tower centre opens in Norway

On Wednesday 1 June, Avinor, Kongsberg Gruppen and State Secretary Jakob Bjelland marked the opening of the world’s biggest remote tower in Bodø. The new centre is located in a brand new building from which an initial 15 towers at an equivalent number of airports will be controlled remotely. At present, some four airports are […]

Wizz Air Potential Expansion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Wizz Air Holdings Plc (“Wizz Air” or “the Company”), Europe’s fastest growing and most sustainable airline, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“the MoU”) together with the Ministry of Investment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA” or “the Kingdom”), supported by the Saudi National Air Connectivity Programme (a Ministry of Tourism initiative to support […]

Envirotainer and Swiss WorldCargo complete the first commercial shipment using the new Releye® RAP

The industry’s most advanced temperature-controlled air freight solution has now been successfully shipped commercially for the first time. Stockholm, March 11, 2022: Envirotainer, the global market leader in secure cold chain solutions for air transportation of pharmaceuticals, today announced that the first commercial shipment using the new Releye® RAP container has been completed. The consignment […]

Hainan Airlines Signs New Ramp Handling Contract with WFS for Passenger Freighter Flights in Seattle

Hainan Airlines has added a new ramp handling contract to its longstanding cargo handling partnership with Worldwide Flight Services at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Chinese airline, which has been a customer of WFS in Seattle for cargo handling since 2013, has now appointed WFS to also provide loading and unloading of it 3-5 weekly passenger […]

Avolon and AirAsia Partner to Create a Transformational Ride Sharing Platform in SouthEast Asia

AirAsia Aviation Group orders 100 VX4 eVTOL aircraft 90% of Avolon’s VX4 order book now placed Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, today announces that one of the world’s leading airline groups, AirAsia Aviation Group Limited (‘AirAsia’), has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to lease a minimum of 100 VX4 eVTOL aircraft from Avolon. […]

EVA Air renews cargo contract with WFS in France

  Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a new three-year contract to provide cargo handling, cargo towing and trucking services for EVA Air in France. The Taiwanese international airline currently operates three Boeing 777 and 787 flights per week from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Taipei, with additional frequencies expected during the term of […]

Korean Air partners with SK Energy to adopt carbon-neutral jet fuel

Korean Air has partnered with SK Energy, a major petroleum and refinery company in Korea, to introduce carbon-neutral jet fuel to actively counter climate change. Through the partnership, the airline will purchase a month’s worth of carbon-neutral jet fuel for domestic flights departing from Jeju and Cheongju.    Carbon-neutral jet fuel can be achieved by measuring […]