Tag: Viewpoint
VIEWPOINT: Net zero by 2050 — Fuhgeddaboudit
At conference after conference held by the aviation industry from Paris to Phnom Penh and all points in between, the topic of “sustainability” is...
VIEWPOINT: Flying — a love-hate relationship
I remember my first plane flight when I was 10 or 11 years old and our family was flying to Las Vegas so my...
VIEWPOINT: Sustainability – too little too late?
Forgive me for sounding cynical, but all this to and fro in the aviation industry about “sustainability” is coming too late to have any...
VIEWPOINT: Safety first
The year started badly for aviation in Asia and elsewhere in the world with two accidents coming in the span of one week. Despite...
VIEWPOINT: Missed connections, East vs West, Nobel winner
Recently I flew as a guest of Embraer to attend the company’s Media Day in Portugal. Living in Asia, I was dreading the long...
VIEWPOINT: The world can’t wait for 2050
Aviation and the world are suffering the twin catastrophes of the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. These two seemingly unrelated disasters actually arose...
VIEWPOINT: Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble
As we find ourselves in the middle of the second year of the age of COVID-19, the line spoken by Shakespeare’s witches in Macbeth...
VIEWPOINT: One year later, who’s in charge?
It’s been a year since the World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 global pandemic and everyone in Asia-Pacific and around the world knows what’s...
