Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Qatar Airways i kahi kuʻikahi me Shell no ka loaʻa ʻana o 3,000 metric tonnes o Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Amsterdam Schiphol. Hoʻopili ia i ka ʻaelike wahie jet i loaʻa me Shell ma Amsterdam e ʻike i kēia manawa ʻo Qatar Airways e hoʻohana ana ma kahi liʻiliʻi he 5 pākēneka SAF hui ʻana i ka wā ʻaelike no ka makahiki kālā 2023-2024. ʻO ka ʻaelike bilateral Qatar Airways me Shell he ʻāpana o ka hoʻoikaika nui i hoʻomaka ʻia e ka hui kuʻikahi oneworld, ka mea i hoʻonohonoho i ka pahuhopu o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie mokulele hoʻomau (SAF) no ka 10% o nā waihona wahie i hui ʻia e 2030.

ʻO Qatar Airways ka mea lawe mua ma ka Hikina Hikina a me ʻApelika e kūʻai i ka nui SAF ma ʻEulopa ma mua o nā kauoha SAF aupuni. Hāʻawi ʻo SAF i ka mana nui no ka decarbonization no ka mea hiki i ka SAF maʻemaʻe ke hōʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ke ola holoʻokoʻa a hiki i ka 80% i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka wahie mokulele maʻamau.[1] ʻO ke ʻano kēia e hōʻemi ana ʻo Qatar Airways i kāna mau hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma nā mokulele mai Amsterdam ma kahi o 7,500 tonnes o CO2 no ka makahiki kālā.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Qatar Airways Group Luna Nui, ʻO Mr. ʻoihana mokulele. I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua kau inoa mākou i kā mākou ʻaelike mua loa ma US, a i kēia manawa ke kau nei mākou i kahi kuʻikahi SAF miliona miliona ma Amsterdam e hōʻike i kā mākou hoʻokō SAF a hoʻopaʻa hou i kā mākou kelepona no kahi kaulahao lako SAF ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma kā mākou pūnaewele puni honua.

"Ke kūpaʻa nei mākou i kā mākou pahuhopu nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka SAF he 10 pakeneka ma 2030 a me kēia hoʻolaha, e hoʻokumu i kahi ʻāina ʻē aʻe no Qatar Airways e kuhikuhi ana i ka hopena maikaʻi o ka hui pū ʻana o ka ʻoihana e koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka lako SAF a hoʻokō i kā mākou pahuhopu. ʻOi aku ka nui o ke kumukūʻai o SAF ma mua o ka wahie jet ma muli o ka mōʻalihaku. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui i nā mea kuleana a pau e hoʻokō i kā lākou ʻāpana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā keʻena SAF, hoʻonui i ka ʻoihana waiwai, hāʻawi kālā a kau i nā kulekele kākoʻo.

"He mōʻaukala ko Qatar Airways a me Shell, no laila, he mea maikaʻi ke hana pū i kēia manawa ma ka decarbonisation ʻoiai mākou e hoʻolako iā lākou me SAF no ka manawa mua," wahi a Mr. Jan Toschka, Pelekikena o Shell Aviation. "ʻO SAF kahi kī nui no ka decarbonising aviation, akā ʻo ka hoʻonui ʻana i kāna lako a me ka hoʻohana ʻana e pono ai ka hana hui ʻana mai kēlā me kēia ʻāpana mokulele. ʻO ka ʻaelike o kēia lā he laʻana maikaʻi loa ia o nā hana like ʻana e pono ai e kōkua i ka hoʻolalelale ʻana i ka holomua o ka mokulele i ka net zero.

Hiki i nā poʻe holo a me nā mea kūʻai aku o Qatar Airways i kēia lā ke uku i kā lākou hoʻokuʻu lele ʻana ma o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā hōʻaiʻē kalapona kiʻekiʻe, i hōʻoia ʻia ma lalo o ka International Civil Aviation Organization criteria, ke kino mokulele UN. Ke hoʻopukapuka nei ʻo Qatar Airways i nā papahana hōʻaiʻē kalapona e hoʻoulu ai i ka ikehu hou, e kōkua ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hoʻoiho kalapona. Ke hana pū nei ʻo Qatar Airways i ka hoʻolauna ʻana i kahi hopena e hiki ai i nā poʻe kaʻa a me nā mea kūʻai aku ke hoʻopau i kā lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kumukūʻai o SAF.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“We remain steadfast in our ambitious target of 10 per cent SAF use by 2030 and this announcement, establishes another landmark for Qatar Airways that underlines the positive outcome of the industry's collaboration which is critical to accelerating the SAF supply and achieving our target.
Last year, we signed our first offtake agreement in the US, and now we are placing a multi-million US dollar SAF deal in Amsterdam to illustrate our SAF commitment and reiterate our calls for a more robust SAF supply chain across our global network”.
It encompasses the existing jet fuel contract with Shell at Amsterdam which will now see Qatar Airways using at least a 5 per cent SAF blend over the contract period for the fiscal year 2023-2024.