Air travel: EU agrees to the ‘world’s largest green fuels mandate’ (cnbc.com) Undoubtedly, since this requires construction of new infrastructure and development of fuels that do not yet exist, this…
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Travel has become too easy?
This trope has been around a long time – I recollect reading an book by an academic (later head of the Smithsonian) writing that travel had become too easy –…
Continue readingClimate activists seek to ban air travel
UK Fires is a research consortia of the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Bath and Imperial. To achieve “net zero”, UK Fires says: Think about that last item – no more…
Continue readingVisas: NZ’s investment visa program falls flat after changes
NZ has an “investment visa” enabling the very wealthy to buy citizenship via very large investments. Under new rules, investors may no longer put money into real estate or bonds,…
Continue readingGeneration Z’s Travel priorities: “Travel often, save money and seek adventure”
This is exactly what they should be doing[1]: Yet unlike past generations, Gen Zs aren’t waiting until they have high-paying jobs or a nest egg of savings to travel. Rather,…
Continue readingAirlines seek to reduce economy seats, focus more on high priced premium seats
By next year, they [premium seats] will account for 30% of seats on Delta’s flights, up 2 percentage points from 2019. The mix is set to increase further when Boeing…
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