Fun akoko keji lati igba ifilọlẹ eto Eco-Skies ti ile-iṣẹ ti o ṣe itọsọna, United Airlines ni orukọ Eco-Airline ti Odun nipasẹ iwe irohin Air Transport World (ATW).
Ẹbun naa ṣe idanimọ ọkọ ofurufu kan ni ọkọ oju-ofurufu iṣowo agbaye fun itọsọna ayika rẹ bi a ti ṣe afihan nipasẹ iṣe deede ati ipa ayika laarin ile-iṣẹ ati ni ile-iṣẹ naa. Iwe irohin naa fun United ni ọlá ti o ga julọ fun awọn ipilẹṣẹ lọpọlọpọ ni ọdun 2016 ati awọn ọdun iṣaaju, pẹlu jijẹ ọkọ ofurufu AMẸRIKA akọkọ lati bẹrẹ lilo awọn iwọn-iṣowo-iwọn-iwọn ti awọn ọkọ oju-ofurufu alagbero fun awọn ọkọ ofurufu ti a ṣeto nigbagbogbo, ti samisi ami-ami pataki kan ninu ile-iṣẹ nipasẹ gbigbe kọja awọn ifihan ati idanwo awọn eto si awọn lilo ti kekere-erogba biofuels fun ti nlọ lọwọ mosi.
“Ituntun ati iduroṣinṣin jẹ awọn ẹrọ ibeji ti o mu ilọsiwaju wa bi ọkọ ofurufu ti o mọ nipa ayika julọ ni agbaye,” Oscar Munoz, oludari agba ti United sọ. “Lati awọn idoko-owo aṣáájú-ọnà ni awọn ohun elo biofuels si jijẹ ṣiṣe ati idinku egbin si atilẹyin iwọn kan ti o da lori ọja agbaye fun awọn itujade erogba, United ti pinnu lati satunkọ awọn solusan ti a nireti pe yoo di ireti fun ile-iṣẹ wa, kii ṣe iyasọtọ. Ati pe lakoko ti a ni igberaga nla ninu idanimọ pataki yii fun awọn akitiyan wa, iwọn ti aṣeyọri wa ni imọran ti awọn ọmọ ati awọn ọmọ-ọmọ wa ti yoo wo ẹhin awọn akitiyan wa ati sọ pe a gbe ni ibamu si awọn adehun wa si wọn ni aabo ile-aye fun awọn iran iwaju.”
Eto Eco-Skies United ṣe aṣoju ifaramo ile-iṣẹ si agbegbe ati awọn iṣe ti o ṣe lojoojumọ lati ṣẹda ọjọ iwaju alagbero kan. Ni afikun si iṣakojọpọ biofuel alagbero sinu awọn iṣẹ rẹ ni Papa ọkọ ofurufu International Los Angeles, awọn aṣeyọri agbegbe aipẹ ti United pẹlu:
• 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.
• Di ọkọ oju-ofurufu AMẸRIKA akọkọ lati tun ṣe awọn ohun kan lati inu awọn ohun elo ohun elo agọ ti o wa ni oke-aye ti ngbe ati ajọṣepọ pẹlu Mọ Agbaye lati ṣetọrẹ awọn ọja imototo si awọn ti o nilo pataki.
• 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.
Ni afikun, gẹgẹ bi apakan ti ifaramo United si sisẹ ore-ọfẹ ayika ati ọkọ ofurufu ti o ni iduro, ti ngbe fikun wiwọn ifẹsẹtẹ erogba kan si Ifaramo Iṣẹ ṣiṣe Agbaye 2017 rẹ. United n ṣe ipinnu lati ṣaṣeyọri ifẹsẹtẹ erogba kekere ti o kere ju awọn oludije ti o da lori AMẸRIKA meji ti o tobi julọ ni ọdun yii, bi iwọn nipasẹ erogba oloro-deede fun mile ijoko to wa. Ti United ko ba pade awọn ibi-afẹde ti Ifaramo Iṣe-iṣẹ Agbaye 2017 rẹ, ile-iṣẹ ọkọ ofurufu yoo san isanpada awọn akọọlẹ ile-iṣẹ ti o yẹ.
