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Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Airbus A380 Superjumbo Completes 3-Hour Flight Powered By Cooking Oil
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
How quickly is tourism recovering from COVID-19?
Tourist numbers across the EU started to recover in 2021 as COVID-19 travel restrictions were lifted, according to latest data from Eurostat.
Africa
These innovations in Africa are reducing transport inequalities
Both OX and Planet42 are tech innovators helping Africans overcome underlying issues of transport inequality, whilst also improving economic outlooks.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
The Best Countries For Retirement In 2022
COVID-19
This is the impact of COVID-19 on the travel sector
The tourism sector has been one of the worst affected by the impacts of COVID-19. 63% of tourism experts believe that the sector won't fully recover until 2024.
United States
The number of Americans moving home hit a record low as the pandemic struck
Only 26.5 million Americans moved from one U.S. home to another between March 2020 and March 2021, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey.
Future of the Environment
How bio-waste could fuel your next flight
The aviation industry wants to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. In countries like India national biofuel policies can boost sustainable fuel production.
Plastics and the Environment
These are the world's most dangerous mountains
The main peak of the Annapurna massif is the most dangerous of the world's mountains, with a 29% fatality rate of everyone who tries to climb up it.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
3 ways we can keep flying with zero-carbon emissions
Aviation generates a billion tonnes of CO2 emissions every year. But new technologies are helping the industry prepare for a zero-carbon future.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
How COVID-19 and Omicron are affecting travel this holiday season
The Omicron COVID-19 variant has shaken the travel and tourism industry. Here's what we know so far about Omicron and traveling safely this holiday season.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Swiss scientists are making jet fuel from sunlight and air
The business of making sustainable jet fuel is challenging. Harnessing the power of nature could be one solution to making hard-to-electrify transport sectors sustainable.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Flight-free: What Swedish views on travel might tell us about the future
In Sweden, 80% of national flight emissions are caused by leisure and holiday travel, but new research shows a shift in the views on holidays by plane.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
Flying taxis might be closer than you think. Here's what the experts say
McKinsey experts discuss the future of mobility with affordable, safe and sustainable solutions for travel, and the possibility of autonomous flying taxis.
COVID-19
Coronavirus pandemic could cost global tourism $2 trillion this year
The United Nations tourism body called the tourism industry's recovery 'fragile' and 'slow', affecting some nations disproportionately to others.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
This is how global car use could change between now and 2050
Car use is expected to become increasingly prevalent in Asia over the next 30 years, with large inequalities in infrastructure between rural and urban areas driving motorization.
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