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Cathay Pacific partners with Google on contrail mitigation measures
September 8th 2026
Cathay Pacific and Google are working together to study the climate impact of contrails and use AI-technology to develop contrail mitigation techniques. Read More » Part of the collaboration included an operational trial in late 2025 which found that about 80 flights which contrail-avoidance routes led to a 40% reduction in the warming impact of contrails. "Aviation needs solutions to address climate change, and AI is accelerating that progress," Cathay director for digital and IT, Lawrence Fong, said. "This partnership combines Cathay’s operational expertise with Google’s world-class AI capabilities to tackle complex sustainability challenges at scale. Google managing director and general manager for Hong Kong, Michael Yue, said: "At Google, we believe AI has the power to help address complex environmental challenges and our partnership with Cathay Pacific is a prime example of this in action - researching how predictive AI can be deployed in live operations to help address the climate impact of contrails with today’s aircrafts and today’s fuel."
