Airlines - flying slowly towards sustainability

Airlines - flying slowly towards sustainability
Various organisations in the USA, UK, and Europe are all well advanced in their research and development of alternative propulsion systems for aircraft. (Image: Getty)
David Mackenzie
Covid has been with us in New Zealand for two years now. On the public health front things have gone relatively well. The same can’t be said for the way much of our business has been affected.   Currently, there are dire warnings about the effects likely from the arrival of the new omicron variant. Public health is said to be at greater risk this time. Business will take yet another hit.As a result, our existential angst has ramped up. Hello darkness, my old friend.But the pandemic will pass. We will all be able to return t...

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