Etihad Airways e atlehile ho felisa lithane tse ka bang 195,000 tsa khase ea carbon dioxide ka 2017, ka lebaka la mehato e mengata ea ho boloka mafura marang-rang a eona.
Kamora lintlafatso tse 'maloa tse reretsoeng ho matlafatsa tšebetso ea ts'ebetso, Etihad e ile ea khona ho fokotsa palo ea mafura a sebelisoang ke sefofane sa eona ka lithane tse fetang 62,000 tsa mafura. Sephetho se emetse ntlafatso ea liperesente tsa 3.3 ho tloha selemong se fetileng, mme se lekana le lifofane tse 850 lipakeng tsa Abu Dhabi le London.
Mohlala, liphetoho tsa meralo ea sefofane marang-rang kaofela li fokolitse nako e ka bang lihora tse 900 ea ho fofa, ho lebisang ho bolokeng lithane tse 5,400 tsa mafura le ho felisa lithane tse ka bang 17,000 tsa moea o tsoang moeeng.
Selemong se fetileng, Etihad Airways le eona e ile ea tlohela mosebetsi lifofane tse 'maloa tsa khale molemong oa Boeing 787, e leng e' ngoe ea lifofane tsa khoebo tse bolokang mafura tse sebetsang ka lebaka la sebopeho sa eona se bobebe. Hajoale Etihad e sebetsa 19 Boeing 787s likoloing tsa eona tse 115 tsa lifofane tsa baeti le thepa, e leng e 'ngoe ea tse nyane haholo leholimong ka lilemo tse ka bang 5.4.
Richard Hill, Mohlanka e Moholo oa Ts'ebetso ho Etihad Airways, o itse: "2017 e bile selemo se setle haholo bakeng sa phepelo ea mafura. Ho kopana ha lifofane tse ling tsa khale tse tlohelang mosebetsi le ho eketsa palo ea lifofane tsa Boeing 787 ka har'a likepe tsa rona, hammoho le ho ntlafatsa litsela tsa rona tsa ho fofa har'a mehato e meng e mengata ho ntlafalitse ts'ebeliso ea rona ea mafura le tlhahiso ea moea. "
Etihad e boetse e matlafalitse tšebelisano-'moho ea eona le bafani ba taolo ea sephethephethe sa moea libakeng tse ngata tse kholo tsa lifofane tseo e sebetsang ho tsona, haholo-holo Abu Dhabi, molemong oa ho ntlafatsa ts'ebetso ea boholo ba litloholo le ho atamela lifaele. Mokhoa oa ho theoha ka mafura ka ho fetesisa o tsejoa e le 'mokhoa o tsoelang pele oa ho theoha', oo ka oona sefofane se fokotsang bophahamo butle-butle, eseng ka mokhoa o hatakeloang. Ka lebaka la keketseho ea palo ea mekhoa e metle e tsoelang pele ho 2017, kakaretso ea lithane tse 980 tsa mafura li bolokiloe selemong se fetileng.
Ka ho kopanya merero ea bohlokoa ea ho boloka mafura le ntlafatso ea ts'ebetso, ts'ebetso ea kilomitara ea baeti e ntlafalitsoe ka liperesente tse 36 litseleng tse ling tsa Etihad.
Ahmed Al Qubaisi, Motlatsi oa Motlatsi oa Mopresidente oa Mmuso le Litaba tsa Machabeng bakeng sa Sehlopha sa Lifofane sa Etihad, o itse: “Re beha boleng ba boleng bo phahameng ts'ebetsong 'me re lula re batla menyetla e mecha ea ho fokotsa tšebetso ea khabone ea rona. Re motlotlo haholo ka ntlafatso ea rona ea selemo le selemo, e sa tsoeleng Etihad feela molemong oa ho boloka mafura empa hape le tikoloho boemong bo pharalletseng. Sephetho sena ke bopaki ba tšebelisano 'moho ea lihlopha ho pholletsa le khoebo ea rona hammoho le ts'ebelisano e matla le balekane ba bohlokoa ba lehae le ba machabeng Abu Dhabi le marangrang a rona. "
Etihad e na le lenaneo le pharalletseng la menahano e ntlafalitsoeng e ikemiselitseng ho ts'oara le ho fokotsa khabone, e ntlafalitsoeng ka liphetoho tse tsoelang pele tsa ts'ebetso hammoho le merero ea nako e telele joalo ka nts'etsopele ea biofuel ea lifofane. E ts'oaretsoe Motseng oa Masdar oa Abu Dhabi, setsi sa lifofane sa biofuel ke projeke e ikhethang ea Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium e etelletsoeng pele ke Masdar Institute mme e tšehelitsoe ke litho tsa Etihad Airways, Boeing, ADNOC Refining, Safran, GE le Bauer.
