Bloomberg
• Ben Elgin
International Airlines Group, the owner of British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia, purchased more sustainable aviation fuel last year than all U.S. airlines combined. The comparison highlights a widening gap between Europe and the U.S. and Asia in the airline industry’s adoption of lower-carbon jet fuel.
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International Airlines Group, the owner of British Airways, Aer Lingus and Iberia, purchased more sustainable aviation fuel last year than all U.S. airlines combined. The comparison highlights a widening gap between Europe and the U.S. and Asia in the airline industry’s adoption of lower-carbon jet fuel.
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