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Air Canada said Wednesday an unauthorised group briefly had limited access to an internal Air Canada system that had personal information of some employees and certain records. "We can confirm that our flight operations systems and customer facing systems were not affected. No customer information was accessed," according to the airline. Air Canada said its systems were fully operational and the company has since implemented enhancements to its security measures.<br/>

The IATA reemphasised that every drop of fuel avoided counts in the aviation industry’s quest to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with the latest result from the IATA Fuel Efficiency Gap Analysis (FEGA). LOT Polish Airlines (LOT) is one of the airlines to undertake the FEGA, which identified the potential to shave its annual fuel consumption by several percent. That equates to an annual reduction by tens of thousands of tonnes of carbon from LOT’s operations. “Every drop counts. Since its inception in 2005, FEGA has helped airlines identify cumulative savings of 15.2m tonnes of carbon by cutting fuel consumption by 4.76m tonnes. LOT is the latest example of an airline exploring all opportunities to achieve every incremental efficiency possible in fuel consumption. That’s good for the environment and for the bottom line,” said Marie Owens Thomsen, IATA’s Senior VP Sustainability and Chief Economist. The FEGA team analysed LOT’s operations against industry benchmarks in flight dispatch, ground operations, and flight operations to identify fuel savings potential. The most significant ones were identified in flight planning, emission reduction through implementation of aviation procedures and refueling operations.<br/>