Sustainability in the Sky

1 week ago | sustainabilityinthesky.com | Lorne Philpot

This June, Air France has renewed its collaboration with leading French chefs to create new menus exclusively for customers in its long-haul cabins departing from Paris. The cuisine served on the airline’s flights is a sensory delight, for both the eyes and the tastebuds!In Business, triple Michelin-starred chef Régis Marcon has prepared new dishes in collaboration with renowned pastry chef Nina Métayer.

1 week ago | sustainabilityinthesky.com | Lorne Philpot

Skytrax has named Fastjet Zimbabwe the third-best budget airline in Africa in its airline rankings survey for 2025. The Fastjet Zimbabwe rating comes after the agency released its airline rankings in the annual edition of the Skytrax World Airline Awards. Coming in the top five places in Skytrax’s Best Low-Cost Carriers in Africa were: South Africa’s FlySafair and Lift Airline, Zimbabwe’s Fastjet, followed by Kenya’s JamboJet and Fly540.

1 week ago | sustainabilityinthesky.com | Lorne Philpot

South Africa’s low-cost airline, FlySafair, has been rated Africa’s best low-cost carrier for 2025 in the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards. This is in fact, the fourth time the budget airline has been awarded this title. The airline, which launched in October 2014 with just domestic routes, has grown tremendously in its first decade of operations. FlySafair has grown from operating a handful of domestic routes, to an airline that offers both domestic and regional services.

1 week ago | sustainabilityinthesky.com | Lorne Philpot

Southern Africa’s leading full-service airline, Airlink, plans to lease 10 new Embraer E195-E2 twin-engine passenger aircraft from Fort Lauderdale-based lease, finance and asset management firm, Azorra. This is indeed a step forward for Airlink, which operates an extensive route network across Southern Africa. It also enhances sustainability for the airline, through a reduced carbon footprint as well as fuel efficiencies.

1 week ago | sustainabilityinthesky.com | Lorne Philpot

According to Skytrax, Ethiopian Airlines has once again been named ‘Best Airline in Africa’ at the World Airline Awards 2025. In fact, this marks the 8th consecutive year that the airline has earned the title. However, this is not the only accolade that Ethiopian has received in the World Airline Awards 2025 rankings. The airline also ranks tops in various other categories in this year’s Skytrax awards ratings.