Etihad Hawaiian Airlines, ka mokulele mokuʻāina o United Arab Emirates, i kēia lā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka palena liʻiliʻi o ka ʻole o ka hoʻokuʻu kalapona ʻupena ma 2050 a me ka hapalua o kāna mau pae hoʻokuʻu ʻupena 2019 e 2035.
E hoʻokō ʻia nā pahuhopu kaiapuni o ka hui ma o ka hui ʻana o nā hana kūloko, ka hui pū ʻana me nā hoa hana ʻoihana a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi papahana piha o nā offset carbon kūpono, e hoʻomohala ʻia me ka nānā pono ʻana i nā koi o ka UAE a me nā mākeke i lawelawe ʻia e ka mokulele.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Tony Douglas ka Luna Hoʻokele o ka hui ʻo Etihad Aviation Group: "ʻAʻole i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nānā ʻana o ka honua i ke kaiapuni a me ka wikiwiki o ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā kalapona. Ke hana ikaika nei ʻo Etihad Aviation Group, me kāna mau hoa hana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena o ka mokulele i ke kaiapuni ma o nā hoʻolālā mai ka hoʻokele wahie i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā hana kālā hoʻomau.
Ua hiki mai ka hoolaha o keia la ma ke ano he hapa o ʻO ka pule hoʻomau ʻo Abu Dhabi, he hanana makahiki ma ke kapikala o ka UAE, kahi o Etihad ke keʻena nui.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Douglas, ʻo ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa, mai nā mokulele a me nā mea hoʻolako i nā mea hoʻolako mokulele, ke kuleana no ke kōkua ʻana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka mokulele, a pono e holistic a hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā hoʻonā, ʻaʻole kaʻawale a me ka sporadic.
"Ua ʻike nui ʻia nā mokulele i ka kūkākūkā honua o ke kaiapuni, a ʻo kā mākou hui pū ʻana ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana ulu wikiwiki ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā hana koʻikoʻi e hiki ke kōkua koke i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana a hōʻemi i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona," wahi āna.
Ua wānana ka International Air Transport Association (IATA) e ʻoi aku ka nui o nā huakaʻi huakaʻi ma mua o ka pālua i loko o 20 mau makahiki, mai 4.5 biliona ma 2019 a hiki i kahi 9 biliona ma ka hopena o 2030s.
Hoʻohui ka International Transport Forum (ITF) ma ka Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) e ʻike ka mokulele honua i ka ulu ʻana o ka makahiki he 3.8 pakeneka a hiki i 2050, e wānana ana e piʻi ka huakaʻi i 16.5 biliona mau mile kilomika, a i ʻole 3.6 manawa 2015 volumes.
ʻO nā hana hoʻomau hou i lawe ʻia e Etihad Aviation Group:
Hoʻomau i ka hoʻokomo ʻana o nā mokulele hou loa, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka wahie, me nā Boeing 787 Dreamliners hou aʻe, a me nā hoʻolālā no nā ʻano hou ʻekolu - ka Airbus A350-1000 ākea a me Boeing 777-9, a me Airbus A321neo haiki. ʻO ka Dreamliner aʻe e hiki mai ana i kēia pule aʻe;
Ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka Polokalamu Etihad Greenliner, kahi e hoʻohana ʻia ai nā ʻauwaʻa holoʻokoʻa o ka mokulele Boeing 787 i nā mokulele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ma ke ʻano he 'moe hoʻāʻo' no nā huahana a me nā hana hoʻomau;
E lilo i mokulele mokulele mua e hoʻopaʻa i ke kālā kālepa ma muli o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā Sustainable Development Goals o ka United Nations. Ma ka hui pū ʻana me First Abu Dhabi Bank a me Abu Dhabi Global Markets, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Etihad i 150 miliona euros e kōkua kālā i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi 'eco residence' no nā poʻe holo moku e noho ana ma Abu Dhabi. Ke ʻimi nei ka mokulele i nā manawa hou aku no kēia ʻano kālā;
Manaʻo e hōʻemi i ka plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi e 80 pakeneka e 2022, a;
Ka hui pū ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā wahie lele hoʻomau e like me ka biofuel i kūkulu ʻia a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ma Abu Dhabi mai nā mea kanu hoʻomanawanui i ka wai paʻakai, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana e kākoʻo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi wahie jet hoʻomau mai nā ʻōpala municipal ma Abu Dhabi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The company's ambitious environmental targets will be achieved through a mix of internal initiatives, collaboration with industry partners and adoption of a comprehensive program of relevant carbon offsets, to be developed with specific focus on the requirements of the UAE and markets served by the airline.
- Ka hui pū ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā wahie lele hoʻomau e like me ka biofuel i kūkulu ʻia a hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ma Abu Dhabi mai nā mea kanu hoʻomanawanui i ka wai paʻakai, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana e kākoʻo i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kahi wahie jet hoʻomau mai nā ʻōpala municipal ma Abu Dhabi.
- “Airlines have attracted significant scrutiny in the global discussion of the environment, and our collective challenge as a fast-growing industry is to deliver meaningful initiatives which can quickly help to contain and reduce carbon emissions,”.
