I-Etihad Airways iphumelele ukuqeda cishe amathani ayi-195,000 okukhishwa kwesikhutha ngo-2017, ngenxa yezinhlelo eziningi zokonga uphethiloli kuyo yonke inethiwekhi yayo.
Kulandela izithuthukisi eziningi okuhloswe ngazo ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle, i-Etihad ikwazile ukunciphisa inani likaphethiloli elisetshenziswa indiza yayo ngamathani kaphethiloli angaphezu kuka-62,000. Umphumela umele ukuthuthuka okungamaphesenti angu-3.3 kusukela ngonyaka odlule, futhi ulingana nezindiza ezingama-850 phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi neLondon.
Isibonelo, ukulungiswa kohlelo lwendiza kunethiwekhi yonkana kwehlise cishe amahora angama-900 wesikhathi sokundiza, okuholela ekongeni amathani angu-5,400 kaphethiloli futhi kuqede cishe amathani ayi-17,000 okukhishwa kwesikhutha.
Ngonyaka odlule, i-Etihad Airways iphinde yahoxisa izindiza ezimbalwa ezindala ukuze ivune i-Boeing 787, enye yendiza eyonga kakhulu kuphethiloli esebenza ngenxa yesakhiwo sayo esiyinhlanganisela engasindi. Njengamanje i-Etihad isebenzisa ama-Boeing 19 angu-787 emkhunjini wayo wamandla angu-115 wezindiza ezithwala abantu nezithwala impahla, okungezinye ezincane kunazo zonke esibhakabhakeni ngokwesilinganiso seminyaka engu-5.4.
URichard Hill, oyiChief Operations Officer kwa-Etihad Airways, uthe: “U-2017 ube unyaka omuhle kakhulu wokonga kukaphethiloli. Inhlanganisela yokuhoxisa ezinye zezindiza zethu ezindala kanye nokwandisa ingxenye yezindiza ze-Boeing 787 emkhunjini wethu, kanye nokuthuthukisa izindlela zethu zendiza phakathi kweminye imizamo yenze intuthuko ebonakalayo ekusetshenzisweni kwethu kukaphethiloli kanye nephrofayili yokukhipha umoya.”
I-Etihad iphinde yaqinisa ukusebenzisana kwayo nabahlinzeki bokulawula ukuhamba kwezindiza ezikhumulweni zezindiza eziningi ezinkulu esebenza kuzo, ikakhulukazi e-Abu Dhabi, ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle kwabaningi bokwehla kanye namaphrofayili okusondela. Indlela yokwehla eyonga kakhulu kuphethiloli yaziwa ngokuthi 'indlela yokwehla eqhubekayo', lapho indiza yehlisa ukuphakama kancane kancane, kunokuba inyathelwe. Ngenxa yokwanda kwenani lezindlela eziqhubekayo ezihloniphekile ngo-2017, ingqikithi yamathani angu-980 kaphethiloli ayongiwe phakathi nonyaka.
Ngokuhlanganisa amaphrojekthi abalulekile okonga uphethiloli kanye nokwenza ngcono ukusebenza, ukusebenza kahle ngekhilomitha ngalinye lomgibeli kube ngcono ngamaphesenti angama-36 kweminye yemizila yase-Etihad.
U-Ahmed Al Qubaisi, iPhini Likamongameli Omkhulu Kahulumeni kanye Nezindaba Zamazwe Ngamazwe we-Etihad Aviation Group, uthe: “Sibeka inani elikhulu ekuzinzeni futhi sihlale sifuna amathuba amasha okunciphisa izinga lethu le-carbon. Siyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuthuthuka kwethu konyaka nonyaka, okungazuzisi nje i-Etihad ngokonga uphethiloli kodwa nemvelo ngezinga elibanzi. Lo mphumela uwubufakazi bokubambisana okugxilile kwamaqembu ebhizinisini lethu kanye nokubambisana okuqinile nabalingani ababalulekile basekhaya nabamazwe ngamazwe e-Abu Dhabi nakunethiwekhi yethu yonkana.”
I-Etihad inohlelo olubanzi lokucabanga okusha olugxile ekusimamiseni nasekunciphiseni ikhabhoni, olucwengisiswe ngokuqhubeka nokulungiswa kokusebenza kanye namaphrojekthi esikhathi eside afana nokuthuthukiswa kwe-biofuel yezindiza. Isingathwe eMasdar City e-Abu Dhabi, indawo yokuhlola i-biofuel iwuhlelo oluphambili lwe-Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium eholwa yi-Masdar Institute futhi isekelwa amalungu Etihad Airways, Boeing, ADNOC Refining, Safran, GE kanye ne-Bauer Resources.
