News tagged with air new zealand

KLM to turn used cooking oil into aviation biofuel

(AP) -- Dutch airline KLM plans to use recycled cooking oil as biofuel to power flights to and from France in a move aimed at cutting carbon emissions.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Conflicting policies on flying under ash confuse

(AP) -- If you had hoped to fly Qantas between Australia and New Zealand, you were out of luck. The national carrier grounded planes after a plume of ash from a Chilean volcano moved over the southern Pacific.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chile volcano ash grounds Australia, NZ flights

Ash from Chile's volcanic eruptions prompted Australian airline Qantas to ground some domestic services and some flights to New Zealand on Sunday, after plumes drifted across the Pacific.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Conventional fossil fuels sometimes 'greener' than biofuels: study

There’s a race afoot to give biofuel wings in the aviation industry, part of an effort to combat soaring fuel prices and cut greenhouse gas emissions. In 2008, Virgin Atlantic became the first commercial ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Air NZ flight safety video an online hit

An Air New Zealand in-flight safety video featuring camp US fitness guru Richard Simmons has gone viral on the Internet, the airline said Wednesday, attracting a million hits in three days.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0