No ka lua o ka manawa mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kāna papahana Eco-Skies alakaʻi i ka ʻoihana, ua kapa ʻia ʻo United Airlines ʻo Eco-Airline of the Year e Air Transport World (ATW) magazine.
Hoʻomaopopo ka makana i kahi mokulele i ka mokulele kalepa honua no kāna alakaʻi kaiapuni e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e ka hana kūlohelohe a me ka hopena i loko o ka ʻoihana a me ka ʻoihana. Hāʻawi ka makasina iā United me ka hanohano kiʻekiʻe no nā hana he nui ma 2016 a me nā makahiki i hala, me ka lilo ʻana i ka mokulele US mua e hoʻomaka i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui o ka biofuel aviation hoʻomau no nā mokulele i hoʻonohonoho mau ʻia, e hōʻailona ana i kahi mea nui i ka ʻoihana ma ka neʻe ʻana ma mua o nā hōʻike. a me nā papahana hoʻāʻo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā biofuels haʻahaʻa-carbon no nā hana hoʻomau.
"ʻO ka hana hou a me ka hoʻomau ʻana he mau ʻenekini māhoe e alakaʻi i kā mākou holomua ʻana ma ke ʻano he mokulele ʻoi loa ka ʻike kaiapuni ma ka honua," wahi a Oscar Munoz, ka luna hoʻokele nui o United. "Mai ka paionia hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā biofuels a hiki i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka pono a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻōpala i ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi mākeke honua hoʻokahi e pili ana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kalapona, ua kūpaʻa ʻo United i ka hana hou ʻana i nā hopena a mākou e manaʻo nei e lilo i mea i manaʻo ʻia no kā mākou ʻoihana, ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa. A ʻoiai mākou e haʻaheo nui i kēia ʻike koʻikoʻi no kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana, ʻo ke ana o kā mākou holomua ka manaʻo o kā mākou mau keiki a me nā moʻopuna e nānā i hope i kā mākou hoʻoikaika ʻana a ʻōlelo mākou ua hoʻokō mākou i kā mākou kuleana iā lākou i ka pale ʻana i ka honua. nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
Hōʻike ka papahana Eco-Skies o United i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ke kaiapuni a me nā hana i hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā e hana i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka biofuel hoʻomau i kāna mau hana ma Los Angeles International Airport, ʻo nā mea i hoʻokō ʻia kaiapuni hou o United me:
• 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.
• E lilo ana i mokulele mokulele mua loa o ʻAmelika e hoʻohana hou i nā mea mai nā pahu hoʻomaʻemaʻe hale kūʻai honua premium a me ka hui pū ʻana me Clean the World e hāʻawi i nā huahana maʻemaʻe i ka poʻe i nele.
• 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.
Eia kekahi, ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻokō ʻana o United i ka hana ʻana i kahi mokulele pili kaiapuni a kuleana, ua hoʻohui ka mea lawe i kahi ana kapuaʻi kalapona i kāna 2017 Global Performance Commitment. Ke hoʻokō nei ʻo United i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kapuaʻi kalapona haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma mua o kāna mau mea hoʻokūkū nui ʻelua ma US i kēia makahiki, e like me ke ana ʻana e ka carbon dioxide-equivalent no kēlā me kēia noho-mile. Inā ʻaʻole hoʻokō ʻo United i nā pahuhopu o kāna 2017 Global Performance Commitment, e uku ka mokulele i nā moʻokāki hui kūpono.
