Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Air Canada i kāna lele Edmonton-San Francisco i kēia lā e hana me ka biofuel ma luna o kahi mokulele Airbus A146-320 mokulele 200 noho. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā mokulele nui aʻe no ka lele i kēia lā e hoʻokipa i ka ʻelele mikiona kalepa alakaʻi ʻia e ke Aupuni o Alberta, ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Edmonton a me nā ʻāpana ʻo Edmonton i Kaleponi.
“Haʻaheo ʻo Air Canada i ka launa pū ʻana i kēia lā me ka Edmonton International Airport (EIA) e holo ai i kēia lā me ka biofuel. Ke kākoʻo a kākoʻo nei ʻo Air Canada no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka biofuel ma Kanada e lilo i mea hiki ke kūʻai aku ʻia; kahi hana nui i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā mokulele holomua ma Kanada a ma waena. ʻO kēia ka ʻewalu o kā mākou holo ʻana o ka biofuel mai ka makahiki 2012. ʻO ka hopena o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka biofuel o kēia lā e hoʻoliʻiliʻi ana i nā hoʻoili ʻana o ke kalapona ma o 10 tonnes, e hōʻike ana he 20% ka hōʻemi ʻana o nā hoʻokuʻu ʻupena net no kēia lele ʻana, ”i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Teresa Ehman, Luna Hoʻokele. ma Air Canada.
"Mai ka 1990, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Air Canada i kāna pono wahie e 43 kenetene. Ua hana pū mākou e hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu nui i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka International Air Transport Association, e like me ka ulu ʻana o carbon-neutral mai 2020 a e hōʻemi i nā emissions CO2 e 50 pakeneka e 2050, e pili ana i nā pae 2005. ʻO kēia mau hana a me nā hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe e hoʻonui i ka pono a hoʻēmi i ka ʻōpala i ʻike ʻia e Air Transport World i kapa ʻia ʻo Air Canada ka Eco-Airline o ka Makahiki no ka makahiki 2018. "
"Hōʻike kēia lele hōʻike biofuel i kā mākou hana paʻa e lawe i mua i ke kalapona haʻahaʻa, nā wahie hou i loko o nā mokulele a me nā kahua mokulele," wahi a Tom Ruth, Pelekikena a CEO o Edmonton International Airport. "ʻO ke alakaʻi ʻana a Air Canada i loko o ka ʻāpana kumuwaiwai hou e hoʻopili pono me ka hoʻokō a EIA i ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko a me ka hoʻomau ʻana, ʻoiai e hōʻemi ana i ka hopena kalapona lōʻihi o nā hana mokulele."
"Ke hui pū nei nā ʻoihana a me nā hui ʻo Alberta iā mākou i ka lele ma Kapalakiko i kēia lā, e kōkua i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hiki i ko mākou panalāʻau i waho a hana i nā hana hou a me nā manawa kūpono i ka home," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Mea Hanohano Deron Bilous, ke Kuhina Hoʻolālā Waiwai ʻo Alberta. "ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka biofuel kahi mea hoʻomanaʻo nui ia, ma ka hana pū ʻana me nā hoa like me Air Canada a me EIA, e hoʻomau ʻo Alberta i ka ikehu a me ke alakaʻi kaiāulu e pono ai ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa no ka kenekulia 21."
"ʻO kēia kūpaʻa a me ka hoʻohana ʻana o ka ikehu hoʻomaʻemaʻe e hōʻike i ke alakaʻi o nā ʻoihana i pili āpau iā mākou āpau e hana pū ana e hoʻoponopono i ka huliau." "Lana koʻu manaʻo e paipai i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe e ukali i ka lole i hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka hōʻeleu ʻana i ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻololi o ka ikehu a me ka loli."
ʻO Air Canada's Edmonton-San Francisco i kēlā me kēia lā, nā lele kū ʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia i nehinei, Mei 1.
