Air Canada is expecting a demand for flights between Canada and the Asia-Pacific to recover to a near pre-pandemic level by December next year, a top regional executive said on Saturday. Currently, the routes between Canada and the Asia-Pacific run at 30% of the 2019 capacity, but the capacity is expected to double by the end of December, said Kiyo Weiss, the airline's sales director for the Asia-Pacific. The airline is also considering adding flights to a new destination in the Asia-Pacific in the near future to cater for pent-up demand in leisure travel, she said. "Probably we'll make a decision within a month or so," Weiss said, without providing further details. Canada's largest carrier is seeking to augment its presence in the region to meet high demand, particularly from Southeast Asian countries, as the area recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline on Saturday resumed direct flights between Montreal and Tokyo's Narita airport that had been disrupted by the pandemic.<br/>
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Japan’s All Nippon Airways will a apply a new livery to a pair of Boeing 787s to highlight its sustainability efforts, and to also research ways to reduce the impact of flying on the environment. The initiative will see one Boeing 787-8 (JA874A/MSN34503) and one 787-9 (JA871A/MSN34534) rebadged with a “Future Promise” livery, says the carrier. The aircraft will be introduced later this year. They will be used to explore products and services using sustainable materials, and allow the carrier to obtain feedback from customers. ANA’s various environmental efforts are grouped under the Future Promise programme. This includes the use of sustainable aviation fuel aboard flights from Tokyo Narita and Tokyo Haneda – the company has a supply agreement for SAF with Neste. “Sustainability is a central operating principal to our company and the ANA Future Promise demonstrates commitment to our social responsibility and environmental sustainability goals, and we are excited to get our customers involved and raise awareness in these initiatives with the dedicated [ANA Future Promise] 787s,” says ANA president and chief executive Shinichi Inoue. The airline has set a goal to achieve zero CO2 emissions by 2050.<br/>In addition to buying SAF from Neste, the airline is also involved with initiatives in Japan to produce it locally.<br/>