I-Etihad Airways isuse ngempumelelo i-195,000 yeetoni zokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kwi-2017, enkosi kuluhlu olubanzi lwamanyathelo okonga amafutha kuyo yonke inethiwekhi.
Ukulandela inani leziphuculo ezijolise ekuphuculeni ukusebenza ngokukuko, i-Etihad ikwazile ukunciphisa inani lamafutha asetyenziswe yinqwelomoya yayo ngaphezulu kweetoni ezingama-62,000 zepetroli. Iziphumo zibonisa ukuphucuka kweepesenti ezi-3.3 ukusukela kunyaka ongaphambili, kwaye zilingana neenqwelo moya ezingama-850 phakathi kwe-Abu Dhabi neLondon.
Umzekelo, uhlengahlengiso lwesicwangciso seenqwelomoya kwinethiwekhi linciphise malunga neeyure ezingama-900 zexesha lokubhabha, ekhokelela ekongeni iitoni ezingama-5,400 zepetroli kunye nokususa malunga neetoni ezili-17,000 zokukhutshwa kwekhabhon diokside.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, i-Etihad Airways ikwathabathe umhlala-phantsi ngeenqwelomoya ezindala ngokuxhasa iBoeing 787, enye yeenqwelomoya ezisebenza ngokufanelekileyo ngenxa yokuqina kobunzima bayo. I-Etihad ngoku isebenza nge-Boeing 19 ye-787 kwinqwelo-moya yabakhweli kunye neenqwelomoya, engoyena mncinci esibhakabhakeni kwiminyaka eyi-115.
URichard Hill, iGosa eliyiNtloko lemiSebenzi e-Etihad Airways, uthe: “U-2017 ibingunyaka olungileyo ngokukodwa ekusebenziseni ipetroli. Indibaniselwano yokuthatha umhlala phantsi kwezinye zeenqwelo-moya zethu ezindala kunye nokwandisa inani leenqwelo-moya ze-Boeing 787 ngaphakathi kweenqanawa zethu, kunye nokwenza ngcono iindlela zethu zokuhamba phakathi kwamanyathelo amanye amanyathelo enze uphuculo olubonakalayo ekusebenziseni kwethu amafutha kunye neprofayili yokukhutshwa. ”
I-Etihad ikomeleze intsebenziswano yayo kunye nabanikezeli bolawulo lwezithuthi zomoya kwizikhululo zeenqwelo moya ezininzi ezisebenza kuzo, ngakumbi e-Abu Dhabi, ukulungiselela ukuphucula ukusebenza koninzi lokwehla kunye neeprofayile zendlela. Olona phawu lusebenzayo lokwehla kweoyile luyaziwa njenge 'ndlela eqhubekayo yokuhla', apho inqwelo-moya inciphisa ukuphakama ngokuthe ngcembe, endaweni yokunyathela. Ngombulelo ukonyuka kwenani leendlela eziqhubekekayo ezisemgangathweni ngo-2017, iitoni ezingama-980 zepetroli zigciniwe ekuhambeni konyaka.
Ngokudibanisa iiprojekthi zokonga amafutha kunye nokuphuculwa kokusebenza, ukusebenza kwekhilomitha nganye yomkhweli kuphuculwe ngepesenti ezingama-36 kwezinye zeendlela ze-Etihad.
U-Ahmed Al Qubaisi, uSekela Mongameli oPhezulu kuRhulumente kunye neMicimbi yeHlabathi ye-Etihad Aviation Group, uthe: “Sibeka ixabiso eliphezulu kuzinzo kwaye sihlala sijonge amathuba amatsha okunciphisa ikhabhoni. Siyazingca kakhulu ngokuphucuka kwethu unyaka nonyaka, okungazuzisi i-Etihad kuphela ngokonga amafutha kodwa nokusingqongileyo kwinqanaba elibanzi. Esi siphumo sibubungqina bentsebenziswano egxile kumaqela kwishishini lethu ngokunjalo nentsebenziswano eqinileyo namaqabane abalulekileyo asekhaya nakwamanye amazwe e-Abu Dhabi nakunxibelelwano lwethu lonke. ”
I-Etihad inenkqubo ebanzi yokucinga okutsha okuzinikeleyo kuzinzo kunye nokwehliswa kwekhabhoni, ecokiswe ngohlengahlengiso oluqhubekayo lokusebenza kunye neeprojekthi zexesha elide ezinje ngophuhliso lwe-biofuel yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya. Ukubanjelwa kwiSixeko sase-Abu Dhabi iMasdar, indawo yokulinga ye-biofuel yiprojekthi ephambili ye-Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium ekhokelwa liZiko laseMasdar kwaye ixhaswe ngamalungu e-Etihad Airways, eBoeing, ADNOC Refining, Safran, GE naseBauer.
