Corporates 'Still Failing' to Cut Flight Emissions
More than 80 per cent of global companies are failing to set ambitious targets to reduce corporate travel emissions, according to an annual report by campaign group Transport & Environment.
The third Travel Smart report ranks organisations across Europe, North America and India on their emissions output, reduction targets and reporting around air travel.
This year’s report, which is compiled by Transport & Environment and a coalition of global partners, ranked 328 companies, up slightly from 322 in 2023, and found that that 83 per cent “are not taking the weight of their climate impact seriously”.
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Uber, Lyft Vow to Leave Minneapolis If Pay Law Enacted
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will cease services in Minneapolis beginning May 1 should a new law go into effect that would raise the minimum pay for the companies' drivers, each company said.
The Minneapolis city council initially passed the measure last week, which would increase driver wages to the equivalent of the local minimum wage of $15.57 an hour, according to the Associated Press. The companies would have to pay drivers at least $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute for a ride, or $5 per ride, whichever is greater, excluding tips.
The city's mayor vetoed the bill, but the city council on Thursday overrode that veto.
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Dynamic Pricing Is Coming for Everything in Travel
First it was Ubers. Then it was Wendy’s hamburgers (except the fast food chain clarified it was technically dynamic pricing, not surge pricing). But now, the real deal — surge pricing — is targeting your checked bags.
JetBlue quietly (sneakily?) introduced “peak” and “off-peak” pricing to its checked bag fees on March 22, a fact the world was alerted to because my editor happened to check the JetBlue website. That means you have to pay $5 to $10 more each way for checked bags on JetBlue when flying during busy travel times, such as the summer, much of the winter and some random weeks in the spring.
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