Airlines Look To Rail Partnerships For Sustainability Gains

KLM aircraft in flight

KLM has extended an agreement with Belgian rail operator Thalys.

Credit: Joepriesaviation.net
As European airlines seek to meet the sustainability goals they have set, partnerships with rail operators, long seen as competitors on domestic and short-haul routes, are now perceived as part of the solution—but the emissions reduction from transferring some routes to rail may not amount to much...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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