My organisation, the Air Transport Action Group, is all about coordination of aviation industry partners for a greener future for flight. We bring together commercial rivals such as Airbus and Boeing and operational partners such as airports, airlines and air traffic control organisations in order to craft, plan and execute common environmental objectives, such as [...]

It’s all happening in the Far East this week, where some significant alliances have been achieved with regards to the aviation sector. China, for example, is expected to become Boeing’s research and development partner for environmentally friendly technologies designed to improve the environmental performance of aircraft. A key part of their partnership will be to [...]

(Photo by JustinHession/Getty) "From a communications perspective, making a special announcement on April 1st is a challenge," Philippe Rochat, the former Executive Director of the Air Transport Action Group, noted this morning at the Aviation & Environment Summit in Geneva. But undeterred, major groups in the aviation industry signed a Declaration calling for the rapid [...]

Today, we have news of a number of different projects underway encompassing many parts of the aviation industry, across a number of countries. I decided to put them all into one post, because this really illustrates the coordinated and cooperative nature of aviation – we work best when we work together, both on a day-to-day [...]

When everyone gets their heads together and looks beyond their day-to-day operations, some outstanding work can be done. One of the most important functions of the Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) is to bring organisations together and ensure the best outcomes for the industry, travellers, the economy, society and the environment. Such coordination is vital in [...]