ʻO ʻOkakopa 24 e iho i ka moʻolelo ʻo Azores Airlines ma ke ʻano he hoʻomaka o kahi au hou, ka lā o kāna lele mua loa me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie mokulele hoʻomau (SAF).

ʻOi aku ka nui o kēia milestone i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i kekahi mau lā i hala aku nei, ua hui pū ka SATA Group i ka European Union's Zero Emissions Aviation Alliance, kahi hoʻolālā e kuhikuhi pono ana i ka decarbonizing i ka māhele e 2050.

ʻO ka mokulele ʻoihana mua o Azores Airlines i hoʻohana ʻia me SAF pili Lisbon a me Ponta Delgada, ma kahi Airbus A320 i kapa ʻia ʻo UNIQUE me ka inoa CS-TKK. Ua haʻalele ka mokulele mai ke kahua mokulele ʻo Lisbon ma 19H25M manawa kūloko a pae i Ponta Delgada, São Miguel Island, ma 21H30M manawa kūloko.

ʻO ka wahie i hoʻohana ʻia ma kēia ala i hoʻokomo ʻia he 39% mea kumu hou i kapa ʻia ʻo HEFA (Hydro processed Esters and Fatty Acids), e hōʻike ana i kahi hōʻemi he 35% o ka nui o nā hoʻoiho CO2.

ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i kēia lele ʻoihana mua me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie mokulele hoʻomau e pili ana i nā hoa ikaika ʻo Galp a me NESTE, ʻelua mau mea hoʻomohala nui i nā biofuels a me nā wahie recyclable, a me Carlyle Aviation Partners, kahi kahua hoʻopukapuka mokulele a me ka mea liʻiliʻi o ka mokulele CS-TKK UNIQUE i hoʻohana ʻia. na Azores Airlines. Me nā hui ʻenehana ʻo Azores Airlines, ua hōʻoia nā hoa i ka hiki o kēia hana.

Hāʻawi ʻo SAF i ka hana like me ka wahie jet kuʻuna a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i nā ʻenekini like me ka wahie fossil akā me kahi kapuaʻi kalapona haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.

Hana ʻia ka SAF o NESTE mai ka 100% mau ʻōpala hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia a me ke koena o nā mea maka, e like me ka aila kuke i hoʻohana ʻia a me ka ʻōpala momona holoholona. Ke hoʻonoho nei iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolako SAF hoʻolālā, hoʻolālā ʻo Galp e hana i 240.000 tons/makahiki o SAF ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻololi ʻana o kāna kahua ʻoihana Sines i Green Energy Park.

Hauʻoli ʻo Azores Airlines i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā pahuhopu decarbonization a ka ʻoihana mokulele e ʻimi nei e hoʻokō a haʻaheo loa i ka hana ʻana i nā hana e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka noho ʻana o Azores Archipelago i kahi wahi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻomau.