SkyTeam Internship - Sustainability Intern (Sep/Oct 2025)

At SkyTeam, innovation takes flight like never before. Since we started back in June 2000, SkyTeam and our world-class member airlines have built a leading alliance connecting customers across a vast global network of more than 1,080 destinations and 750+ lounges in 180+ countries. We’ve achieved many ‘firsts’ together – SkyPriority, SkyTeam Rebooking, The Aviation Challenge to name just a few.
As the world around us changes at lightning speed, our pursuit to create cutting-edge solutions for members and customers is relentless. We want to be recognized as the most customer-centric alliance, anticipating and fulfilling extended expectations.

We work daily to be a leader in truly advancing travel and mastering cocreation to empower SkyTeam members and partners to deliver ever more seamless, innovative, and sustainable experiences to customers worldwide.

SkyTeam recognizes the impacts that aviation has on our planet and is committed to working with our members to accelerate the adoption of sustainability initiatives in our industry, and to facilitate the transition to a more sustainable future. As part of this commitment, SkyTeam is thrilled to present a unique internship opportunity within our Marketing and Sustainability Department that promises to be as enlightening as it is challenging.

About the Internship Opportunity
As part of its current Sustainability Strategy, SkyTeam is developing and delivering a number of high priority sustainability initiatives, together with its member airlines. This includes the launch of our Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Hub in 2024. The SAF Hub is a virtual platform aimed at accelerating the adoption of SAF across the alliance, through knowledge sharing, best practices and collaboration. This is directly linked to SkyTeam’s Sustainability Standards, which include a target of 5% SAF adoption by individual SkyTeam members by 2030.

Given the collaborative nature of the SkyTeam alliance and the different circumstances of SAF adoption among member airlines, the SAF Hub will play a key role in advancing the following topics:

• Developing and implementing a long term SkyTeam SAF Vision and Action Plan
• Regulatory awareness and updates
• Key market players and suppliers – global supply and availability
• Technology, certification and feedstock updates
• Procurement and logistics
• Potential joint procurement opportunities
• Use of SAF ‘book and claim’ systems (as used in the renewable energy sector)
• SAF emissions accounting (best practices)
• Sale of SAF emissions reductions certificates to customers
• Advocacy

The SAF Hub currently includes representatives from 14 member airlines and meets approximately every two months. It is currently in the process of implementing SkyTeam’s SAF Vision and SAF Action Plan, recently endorsement by our member airlines

Your Work Activities

• Coordination: Assist the Sustainability Director and Sustainability Coordinator in arranging meetings, events, site visits and information sharing sessions related to the SAF Hub, including with airlines, technology providers, fuel companies, events organizers and industry groups.
• Communications: Working together with the Sustainability and Communications Teams, prepare a range of communications materials related to the SAF Hub, including an e-newsletter, correspondence, website content,
• conference talking points and other material as required.
• Analysis and reporting: Working together with the Sustainability Team and SAF Hub member airlines, prepare and disseminate a monthly SkyTeam SAF Pulse e-newsletter, using information from a variety of sources, such as market intelligence reporting services (e.g.. Quantum Biofuels Daily), and focusing on member’s hubs and key markets.
• Information Management: Assist in organizing and maintaining all materials related to the SAF Hub to ensure it is easily accessible and user-friendly for all stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Assist the Sustainability Team in refining and disseminating knowledge prepared for the SAF Hub by transforming complex information into clear, understandable, and inspiring content that others can learn from. This effort aims to foster cross-airline collaboration and increase the overall engagement with our platform.

Your required Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Actively enrolled in a university program in Communications, Marketing, Journalism, Environmental Studies, Sustainability, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills, with an eye for detail.
• Ability to write about complex concepts in clear language.
• Passionate about sustainability and environmental issues.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
• Cultural awareness and sensitivity for geographical contexts.
• Fluent English language skills (verbal and written), ensuring clarity and effectiveness in all forms of communication.
• Basic knowledge of the aviation industry is a plus

Must have

• You must maintain active enrolment in a university program throughout the duration of your internship.
• Currently residing in the Netherlands for the duration of your internship.

**This internship duration is for a period of 6 months with a preferred start date in September/October 2025

SkyTeam will offer you package that includes unique benefits:

• Work in an international diverse team with various stakeholders
• This internship has been designed to provide university students with challenging work assignments in our Team. The candidate will fully participate as a team member.
• Internship fee of EUR 424 gross per month
• Travel expenses will be reimbursed ((if no accessibility to OV-Studentenreisproduct)
• SkyTeam uses a Hybrid working model.

SkyTeam strives to provide the safest and most seamless customer journey of any global airline alliance. Our members work together to connect millions of passengers safely and seamlessly through an extensive global network. It is an esteemed international organization that brings together different cultures and backgrounds, all united by our passion for the airline industry. In addition to our focus on the passage side of aviation, we also focus on cargo.
At SkyTeam, we know the importance of a fresh perspective. With members spread across five continents and different time zones, we are flexible and agile, focused on delivering services that create synergy. Our headquarters is a hotbed of innovation and creativity, allowing us to adapt quickly to the rapidly changing airline industry.

SkyTeam's headquarters in Amstelveen represents more than 30 different nationalities. Our employees come from many different backgrounds and reflect the diversity of our member airlines. We are passionate about diversity and embrace an inclusive, non-discriminatory work community where we celebrate our differences and share our successes and hard work to contribute to member value.