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Direct Flights between UNITED KINGDOM and CHINA
ALTA is a mentor matching platform hosted by the Royal Aeronautical Society, and developed with a range of partners, to provide mentoring opportunities and a support network to women in the aviation and aerospace sectors, due to a lack of females in the industry.
Sarah Minett, ALTA chair and managing director of Mission Systems at Collins Aerospace) said: “By bringing together the ALTA mentoring platform and Raytheon UK, more women than ever will have access to our ground-breaking resources for mentoring and training specifically developed to support and enhance their career in aerospace. Underpinning both organisations is a commitment to equality, diversity and greater access for women at every level.”
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Sinead O’Donnell, director of human resources and cultural transformation, Raytheon UK, said: “We have joined forces with ALTA as part of our commitment to building a fairer and more empowering industry for women. We will be actively promoting the ALTA platform with our women employees to provide them with more opportunity to develop their careers and their industry networks through mentoring. We celebrate the diversity of our workforce because we know it is key to unlocking our full potential.”
SAUDIA FLIGHT DISCOUNT TO U.S.A AND EUROPE
Saudi Arabian Airlines is offering discounts of up to 40% on flights to many USA and European destinations in addition to select domestic destinations.
The aim is to further connect the world to Saudi Arabia, as well as allow locals to explore other regions of the country that are opening up to tourism.
BOEING TO HELP CUT AVIATION EMISSIONS AND SERVE AS ‘AVIATION CHAMPION’ IN GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY ALLIANCE
Aircraft builder, Boeing will represent the aviation sector in a new global alliance, jointly created by the USA Government and World Economic Forum, to speed up clean technologies and reduce carbon emissions.
The ‘First Movers Coalition’ (FMC) was created to influence the purchasing power of major companies to speed up the pace of decarbonising industrial sectors like shipping, chemicals and trucking.
Boeing in its new role will help support greater commercialisation of sustainable aviation fuels and the advance of other low-carbon technologies.
New Australian airline Bonza has made its first flight arriving in Australia. It will fly initially to 17 destinations on 27 routes.
Bonza aims to connect more Australians with convenient low cost travel options to more destinations for domestic holidays.
DIRECT FLIGHTS BETWEEN UNITED KINGDOM AND CHINA
The UK and China are to resume direct passenger flights; a sign that China is opening up to travel again after the 2 years ‘’health crisis’’.
