Lekhetlo la bobeli haesale e qala lenaneo la eona le etelletseng pele indastering ea Eco-Skies, United Airlines e ile ea rehoa Sefofane sa Selemo sa Eco-Airline ke makasine ea Air Transport World (ATW).
Khau ena e amohela sefofane sa lifofane tsa lefats'e bakeng sa boetapele ba sona ba tikoloho joalo ka ha se bonahatsoa ke ketso e tsitsitseng le e nang le tšusumetso ea tikoloho ka har'a khamphani le indastering. Makasine ena e file United tlotla e kholo bakeng sa matsapa a mangata a 2016 le lilemo tse fetileng, ho kenyelletsa le ho ba sefofane sa pele sa lifofane sa US ho qala ho sebelisa mefuta e mengata ea khoebo ea biofuel e tsitsitseng bakeng sa lifofane tse reriloeng khafetsa, e leng se tšoaeang mohato oa bohlokoa indastering ka ho fetela kantle ho lipontšo. le mananeo a teko ea ho sebelisa li-biofuel tsa khabone e tlase bakeng sa ts'ebetso e tsoelang pele.
Oscar Munoz, ofisiri e ka sehloohong ea United States, o re: "Boqapi le ts'ebetso ea ts'ebetso ke lienjine tse peli tse tsamaisang tsoelo-pele ea rona e le sefofane se hlokomelang tikoloho ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng. "Ho tloha ho matsete a pele ho matla a matla a tlhaho ho ea ho ts'ebetso e ntseng e eketseha le ho fokotsa litšila ho ea ho ts'ehetso ea 'maraka o le mong oa lefats'e bakeng sa khabone, United e ikemiselitse ho hlahisa litharollo tseo re ts'epileng hore e tla ba tebello ea indasteri ea rona, eseng mokhelo. Mme le hoja re le motlotlo haholo ka kananelo ena ea bohlokoa bakeng sa boiteko ba rōna, tekanyo ea katleho ea rōna ke maikutlo a bana ba rōna le litloholo tsa rōna tse tla hetla morao boitekong ba rōna ’me ba re re phelela boitlamo ba rōna ho bona ba ho sireletsa polanete bakeng sa meloko e tlang.”
Lenaneo la United Eco-Skies le emela boitlamo ba k'hamphani ho tikoloho le liketso tse nkuoang letsatsi le letsatsi ho theha bokamoso bo tsitsitseng. Ntle le ho kenyelletsa biofuel e tsitsitseng ts'ebetsong ea eona Boema-fofane ba Machaba ba Los Angeles, likatleho tsa morao-rao tsa United States tsa tikoloho li kenyelletsa:
• 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.
• Ho ba setsi sa pele sa sefofane sa US sa ho reka hape thepa e tsoang ho k'habeche ea thepa ea machaba ea premium cabin menity kits le ho sebelisana le Clean the World ho fana ka lihlahisoa tsa bohloeki ho ba hlokang haholo.
• 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.
Ho feta moo, e le karolo ea boitlamo ba United ba ho sebelisa sefofane se baballang tikoloho le se ikarabellang, mopalami o ile a eketsa tekanyo ea khabone ho Boitlamo ba eona ba 2017 Global Performance. United e itlama ho fihlela boemo bo tlase ba khabone ho feta bahlolisani ba eona ba babeli ba kholo ba thehiloeng US selemong sena, joalo ka ha ho lekantsoe ke carbon dioxide-e lekanang le sebaka se seng le se seng sa setulo se fumanehang. Haeba United e sa fihlelle lipheo tsa eona tsa 2017 Global Performance Commitment, sefofane se tla lefa liakhaonto tse tšoanelehang tsa khoebo.
