Behind American and Alaska’s Bet on a Green Jet Fuel Fund
American and Alaska are leading a new investment fund among Oneworld alliance carriers with the hopes that it will ramp up the commercialization of sustainable aviation fuel.
Meghna Maharishi is Skift’s Airline Reporter, where she covers everything from loyalty programs to policy-making in Washington, D.C. She previously covered the airline industry at The Points Guy, worked on the investigative desk at CNBC, and did data visualization at CNN Politics. Send tips to Meghna on Signal at mmaharishi.61.
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