Okwesibini ukususela ekusungulweni kwenkqubo ye-Eco-Skies ekhokelayo kushishino, i-United Airlines yabizwa ngokuba yi-Eco-Airline yoNyaka yimagazini yeHlabathi yezoThutho loMoya (ATW).
Eli bhaso lithathela ingqalelo inkampani yeenqwelo moya kuphapho lwezorhwebo lwehlabathi ngobunkokeli bayo bokusingqongileyo njengoko kubonisiwe ziintshukumo ezingaguqukiyo nezinefuthe lokusingqongileyo kwinkampani nakwishishini. Eli phephancwadi liwonge i-United ngewonga eliphezulu kumanyathelo amaninzi ngo-2016 nakwiminyaka engaphambili, kuquka ukuba yinqwelomoya yokuqala yase-US ukuqalisa ukusebenzisa umthamo wezorhwebo we-biofuel ezinzileyo kwiinqwelomoya ezicwangcisiweyo, okuphawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo kwishishini ngokuhamba ngaphaya kwemiboniso. kunye neenkqubo zokuvavanya ukusetyenziswa kwe-biofuels ephantsi kwekhabhoni kwimisebenzi eqhubekayo.
“Utshintsho kunye nozinzo ziinjini ezimbini eziqhuba inkqubela yethu njengeyona nqwelo moya ikhathalela indalo ehlabathini,” utshilo u-Oscar Munoz, igosa eliyintloko le-United. “Ukususela kutyalo-mali oluvul’indlela kwi-biofuels ukuya ekwandiseni ukusebenza kakuhle kunye nokunciphisa inkunkuma ukuxhasa umlinganiselo omnye wentengiso yehlabathi jikelele wokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni, i-United izibophelele ekuveliseni izisombululo esinethemba lokuba ziya kuba yinto elindelekileyo kwishishini lethu, hayi ngaphandle. Kwaye ngeli lixa sizingca kakhulu ngolu qwalaselo lubalulekileyo lwemigudu yethu, umlinganiselo wempumelelo yethu luluvo lwabantwana bethu nabazukulwana abaya kujonga emva kwimigudu yethu baze bathi siye saphila ngokweembopheleleko zethu ekukhuseleni iplanethi yethu. kwizizukulwana ezizayo.”
Inkqubo ye-United Eco-Skies imele ukuzibophelela kwenkampani kokusingqongileyo kunye namanyathelo athathwa yonke imihla ukudala ikamva elizinzileyo. Ukongeza ekufakeni i-biofuel ezinzileyo kwimisebenzi yayo kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saMazwe ngaMazwe sase-Los Angeles, impumelelo ye-United yamva nje yokusingqongileyo ibandakanya:
• 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 yinkampani yenqwelo moya yokuqala yase-US ukuthengisa ngokutsha izinto ezivela kwiikiti zekhabhinethi yeprimiyamu yepremiyamu yamazwe ngamazwe kunye nobudlelwane neClean the World ukunikela ngeemveliso zococeko kwabo baswele 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.
Ukongezelela, njengenxalenye yokuzibophelela kwe-United ekusebenzeni i-airline ehambelana nokusingqongileyo kunye noxanduva, umphathiswa wongeza umlinganiselo wekhabhoni kwi-2017 Global Performance Commitment. I-United izibophelele ekufezekiseni i-carbon footprint esezantsi ye-gross gross footprint kunabakhuphisana bayo abakhulu base-US kulo nyaka, njengoko kulinganiswe nge-carbon dioxide-elingana ngesihlalo-mayile esikhoyo. Ukuba i-United ayihlangabezani neenjongo ze-2017 Global Performance Commitment, i-airline iya kuhlawulela ii-akhawunti ze-corporate ezifanelekileyo.
