London – This week, Air France-KLM refreshed its leadership team in the name of sustainability. Let’s dig deep.
An airline group has made three major changes to the way its subsidiaries operate.
Transavia France is undergoing the most changes…
Air France-KLM Group Transavia France has made two announcements regarding this management change.
Transavia France’s current CEO, Nathalie Stubler, has been appointed Special Advisor on the Group’s decarbonization strategy.
Olivier Mazzucchelli, CEO of Air France’s regional airline HOP!, has been named LCC’s successor.
With this in mind, airline chief operating officer Hervé Boury has been given the role of HOP!’s CEO.
Smith: Decarbonization is Air France-KLM’s goal…
Air France-KLM CEO Benjamin Smith commented on these changes:
“Decarbonization and our ability to drive our business forward in a more sustainable manner are among the most strategic challenges our group must address.”
“I would like to thank Nathalie Stubler for the amazing and tireless work she has done with her team in Transavia (France) over the past seven years.”
“We are very pleased to welcome Olivier Mazzuceli as our new CEO at the turning point of Transavia (France) as we prepare to launch the Airbus A320NEO family into service in 2023.”
“I would also like to congratulate Hervé Bouri for building on the work of his predecessor to ensure the long-term future of HOP!.”
Air France-KLM & Decarbon…
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In recent years, the Air France-KLM Group has clearly laid out a strategy towards decarbonization and sustainability.
First, there is a fleet within the group. The group plans to have 64% of its fleet made up of new-generation aircraft by 2028.
This reduces CO2 emissions by approximately 15%.
In its fleet development, Air France-KLM aims to use a blend of at least 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. This goes beyond the requirements set by the European Commission.
In the cockpit, Air France-KLM encourages pilots to use the most energy-efficient procedures, including detailed flight plans, speed adjustments, landing configurations and single-engine taxiing.
As for what they’ve already achieved, airlines have removed 48% of single-use plastic items since 2021.
About 80% of the Airbus A340 are retired and the jets are reused or recycled for other uses.
Finally, the Group aims to reduce its use of non-recycled waste by 50% by 2030 compared to its 2011 output.
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Air France-KLM is clearly stepping up its plans for decarbonisation, and its latest announcement of a change in leadership reflects that.
All eyes will be on this group to see if they meet their targets by the end of the decade and what their further plans for net zero by 2050 look like.
Either way, the group seems to have it all. All they have to do now is implement it further into the real world.