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BE PART OF THE CHANGE!

TSFC is a collaborative aviation initiative founded to accelerate toward a more sustainable future for air travel.

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OUR VISION

The climate crisis is the greatest challenge facing our industry and there’s no time to lose. We must reshape the future of air travel, by challenging ourselves in innovating to further reducing airlines’ environmental footprint by finding new ways to create a more sustainable future for the world we connect. We’re challenging ourselves to innovate, reaching for new heights to find as-yet undiscovered solutions that we can put into practice across our industry. We’ve got what it takes. Together, airlines can help create a more sustainable future for our industry.

THE CHALLENGE

The Sustainable Flight Challenge encourages us to go above and beyond in our efforts to find the most sustainable way to operate across our existing networks. Driving positive change through the open sharing of innovations and insights across the industry, the Challenge isn’t simply about taking part; it’s about coming together to take responsibility for the future.

LOOK WHO’S JOINING

It’s our commitment to finding new ways to reduce our industry’s footprint and bring the future of sustainable air travel forward. What’s more, we hope to broaden participation in years to come.

Ed Bastian
Climate change remains the biggest long-term challenge that our industry faces. We are participating in The Sustainable Flight Challenge because we believe we must all work together to drive forward innovative and impactful solutions that can deliver real change for the future of air travel.

Patrick Roux
When airlines come together, we have the power to make a huge difference to the planet we connect. The Sustainable Flight Challenge is uniting thousands of people across our industry in a common goal to find workable new solutions to make air travel greener. I’m proud of how this hard work and commitment is making a difference – now – by uniting global airlines in SkyTeam’s challenge to fly the change our industry needs.

HOW IT STARTED

The Sustainable Flight Challenge was the brainchild of a group of KLM employees called the Bold Moves who, in a quest for ambitious new ways to make flying more sustainable, drew inspiration from the 1934 ‘Greatest Air Race’ from London to Melbourne. During this race, flight pioneers proved how long-distance commercial aviation was possible. The Sustainable Flight Challenge takes up the baton from these early innovators to make sustainable air travel a reality. SkyTeam was so inspired by The Sustainable Flight Challenge idea, that we brought it under the alliance umbrella to encourage all our member airlines and their partners to take part. The Sustainable Flight Challenge is one of the ways SkyTeam and its members are supporting our recent partnership with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs), which also forms the basis for the initiative.