Okwesibili selokhu yethula uhlelo lwayo lwe-Eco-Skies oluhamba phambili embonini, i-United Airlines iqokwe njenge-Eco-Airline Yonyaka yiphephabhuku le-Air Transport World (ATW).
Umklomelo uhlonipha inkampani yezindiza ekundizeni kwezohwebo emhlabeni wonke ngobuholi bayo bezemvelo njengoba kuboniswa isenzo esingaguquki nesinomthelela kwezemvelo ngaphakathi enkampanini nasembonini. Lo magazini uklomelise i-United ngendondo enkulu ngemizamo eminingi ngo-2016 naseminyakeni edlule, okuhlanganisa nokuba yinkampani yezindiza yokuqala yase-US ukuqala ukusebenzisa umthamo wezohwebo we-biofuel esimeme yezindiza ezindizeni ezihleliwe, okumaka ingqophamlando embonini ngokuhamba ngale kwemiboniso. kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlola ukusetshenziswa kwama-biofuels anekhabhoni ephansi ekusebenzeni okuqhubekayo.
“Ukuqamba nokusimama kuyizinjini ezimbili eziqhuba inqubekelaphambili yethu njengenkampani yezindiza ekhathalela kakhulu imvelo emhlabeni,” kusho u-Oscar Munoz, isikhulu esiphezulu se-United. “Kusukela ekutshalweni kwezimali kuma-biofuels kuya ekukhuliseni ukusebenza kahle kanye nokunciphisa imfucuza kuye ekusekeleni isilinganiso esisekelwe emakethe yomhlaba wonke sokukhishwa kwekhabhoni, i-United izibophezele ekusunguleni izixazululo esithemba ukuthi zizoba into elindelwe embonini yethu, hhayi okuhlukile. Futhi nakuba siziqhenya kakhulu ngalokhu kuqashelwa okubalulekile kwemizamo yethu, isilinganiso sempumelelo yethu umbono wezingane zethu nabazukulu abayobheka emuva emizamweni yethu futhi bathi siphile ngokuvumelana nezibopho zethu kubo ekuvikeleni iplanethi yethu ukuze iqhubeke. izizukulwane ezizayo.”
Uhlelo lwe-United lwe-Eco-Skies lumelela ukuzibophezela kwenkampani kwezemvelo kanye nezenzo ezithathwa nsuku zonke ukuze kwakhiwe ikusasa elisimeme. Ngokungeziwe ekufakeni i-biofuel eqhubekayo ekusebenzeni kwayo e-Los Angeles International Airport, impumelelo yakamuva ye-United yezemvelo ihlanganisa:
• Investing $30 million in U.S.-based alternative aviation fuels developer Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., which represented the single largest investment by any airline globally in alternative fuels.
• Ukuba inkampani yezindiza yokuqala yase-US ukuphinda ithenge izinto ezivela kumishini yezinsiza zekhabethe lenkampani yenethiwekhi futhi ihlanganyele ne-Clean the World ukuze inikele ngemikhiqizo yenhlanzeko kulabo abayidinga kakhulu.
• Partnering with the Federal Aviation Administration to demonstrate the potential benefits of new satellite-based technology for instrument landings that enable aircraft to use fuel more efficiently on arrival and land at normal rates in challenging weather.
• Continuing to replace its eligible ground equipment and service vehicles with cleaner, electrically powered alternatives, with 47 percent of the fleet converted to date.
• Becoming the first airline to fly with Boeing’s Split Scimitar winglets, which reduce fuel consumption by up to 2 percent; United is the largest Split Scimitar winglet customer today.
• Being the only U.S.-based airline named to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s “Leadership” category for its environmental disclosure, with an A- Climate score in 2016.
• Sourcing illy coffee’s internationally certified supply chain of farmers who earn above-market prices in exchange for meeting quality and sustainability standards for the finest coffee.
• Offering Eco-Skies CarbonChoice, the airline industry’s only integrated carbon offset program for corporate business travel and cargo shipments.
Ukwengeza, njengengxenye yokuzibophezela kwe-United ekusebenziseni inkampani yezindiza enobungani bemvelo futhi enomthwalo wemfanelo, inkampani yenethiwekhi yengeze isilinganiso se-carbon footprint ku-Global Performance Commitment yayo yango-2017. I-United izibophezela ekuzuzeni i-gross footprint ephansi kunezimbangi zayo ezimbili ezinkulu ezizinze e-US kulo nyaka, njengoba kukalwa nge-carbon dioxide-elingana ngekhilomitha ngalinye elitholakalayo. Uma i-United ingafinyeleli imigomo ye-Global Performance Commitment yayo yango-2017, inkampani yezindiza izonxephezela ama-akhawunti ezinkampani afanelekayo.
