I-United Airlines yenze imbali namhlanje-uSuku lwezeNdalo kwiHlabathi liphela-ngokuhamba kweNqwelomoya yePlanethi, eyona moya indizayo yorhwebo oluluhlobo lwayo kwimbali yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya.

KwiFlanethi yePlanethi, iUnited yaba yinkampani yokuqala eyaziwayo ukubonisa zonke ezi zenzo zilandelayo kwinqwelomoya enye: ukusetyenziswa kwe-biofuel ye-aviation; iinzame zenkunkuma yenqanawa zero; ukuseta ikhabhoni; nokusebenza ngokukuko.

I-United isebenzisa i-Flight ye-Planet ukuvavanya amanyathelo aphambili okuhamba ngenqwelo-moya ngokuzinzileyo kangangoko isebenzisa itekhnoloji ye-airline yangoku, izixhobo kunye neenkqubo zokonga amafutha. Inqwelomoya indulukile kwisango le-B12 kwidolophu yasekhaya e-United States eChicago O'Hare "ye-eco-hub" yayo eLos Angeles, apho i-biofuel yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya incedise amandla kuzo zonke iinqwelomoya zeenqwelomoya ezivela e-Southern California hub ukusukela ngo-2016.

"Inqwelomoya yeplanethi yeplanethi ibonisa ifilosofi yokuhlangana ekusebenzeni kunye ukufumana iindlela ezintsha nezintsha zokusikhokelela kwikamva elizinzileyo," utshilo uScott Kirby, umongameli we-United. "Njengenqwelo moya, siyibona imeko-bume yethu yonke imihla yonke kwaye siyazi ukuba kufuneka sidlale indima yethu ukukhusela iplanethi yethu kunye nesibhakabhaka."

I-Flight yeplanethi ibonisa ngakumbi ukuzibophelela kwe-United kwisibambiso sayo esomeleleyo sokunciphisa i-carbon footprint yayo ngama-50% ngowama-2050.

Uhambo oluzinzileyo lwe-Biofuel

I-United inika amandla i-Flight yePlanethi isebenzisa umxube we-30/70 wekhabhoni esezantsi, amafutha eenqwelo-moya azinzileyo anikezelwa yi-Boston-based World Energy, kunye ne-jet fuel yesiqhelo. I-biofuel iyodwa ifezekisa ukuncipha okungaphezulu kwama-60% kwi-greenhouse emissions kwi-lifecycle basis xa kuthelekiswa ne-jet fuel, kwaye ukusebenzisa i-biofuel yenye yezona ndlela zisebenzayo i-airline inokunciphisa impembelelo kwindalo.

I-United kutshanje ivuselele ikhontrakthi yayo ne-World Energy, ivuma ukuthenga ukuya kuthi ga kwi-10 yezigidi zeelitha zexabiso lokukhuphisana, lokugcina i-biofuel ye-aviation kule minyaka mibini izayo. I-United yayiyinqwelomoya yokuqala kwihlabathi lonke ukusebenzisa i-biofuel ye-aviation eqhubekayo rhoqo kunye nenqwelomoya kuphela e-United States okwangoku.

Inkunkuma yeZero Cabin kunye noShishino-Okokuqala, iNdebe yePhepha enokwenziwa ngokutsha

Kwikhabhathi yezoQoqosho, i-United itshintshela iinketho zokutya okunezinto zokutya kunye nenkonzo yokuthambisa enezinto ezinokuphinda zisebenze ezinokuphinda zisebenze kwakhona, kubandakanya novavanyo lweshishini lokuqala, iphepha elinokuphinda lisetyenziswe, ikomityi yesiselo eshushu.

Kwikhabhathi yeprimiyamu, iUnited iyaqhubeka nokusebenzisa izinto ezinokuphinda zisetyenziselwe ukutshintsha kunye neziciko zeplastiki kwizisongelo zokutya zenyosi. I-airline isusa iphepha elisongelayo kwi-rollware ups. I-United sele ishenxisile izinti ezingenakuphinda zisebenze kunye nokukhetha i-cocktail kwiinqwelomoya yonke indawo kwaye ziyitshintshele kwimveliso enobume bendalo eyenziwe nge-100% bamboo.

Ukucinywa kweCarbon

I-United isusa intsalela yokukhutshwa kwenqwelomoya ngomboneleli omtsha wekhabhoni, i-Conservation International. Ulondolozo lwaMazwe ngaMazwe ngoku lubambisene neUnited kwinkqubo yenqwelo moya yomthengi yenqwelo moya - i-Eco-Skies CarbonChoice- kwaye ngokudibeneyo la manyano mabini aza kugxila kwimishini yeCI yokukhuthaza izisombululo ezisekwe kwindalo kutshintsho lwemozulu.

Ukusebenza ngokukuko

I-United yenze utyalo-mali olubonakalayo kwizithuthi zanamhlanje, ezonga umbane ngelixa kuphunyezwa ukusebenza kunye neenkqubo zokwenza utshintsho kulondolozo lwamafutha. Uhambo ngenqwelomoya lubonisa iiteksi zenjini enye, ukubeka phambili ukulawulwa kolawulo lwezithuthi kunye nendlela eqhubekayo yokuhla eLos Angeles, egcina ipetroli ngelixa inciphisa nengxolo esixekweni. I-United isebenza ngenqwelomoya isebenzisa i-Eco-Skies livery Boeing 737-900ER, ethi ihambise abakhweli ngeekhilomitha ezingama-77 kwilitha enye yezibaso.

Ukongeza, i-40% yezixhobo zoncedo zomhlaba ezifanelekileyo (i-GSE) ezixhotyiswa ngombane, ngaphezulu kwe-70% yokusebenza kwenqwelomoya emhlabeni wayo eLos Angeles eco-hub isebenzisa izixhobo zombane ze-GSE. I-United yindawo yokuqala yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ukusebenzisa i-ITW 7400 iiyunithi zamandla ombane ezinciphisa kakhulu ukungcola kwengxolo kwindawo yokusebenza kunye nokusika ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni ngama-90%. I-United ikwasebenzisa izixhobo zombane ezixhotyiswa ngombane ukuhambisa i-Flight yePlanethi kumasango okuhamba nokufika.

Ukuzibophelela kukaManyano kwindalo esingqongileyo

Inqwelomoya yokubhabha iPlanethi imele elinye inyathelo elitsha elenziwe yinkampani yokunciphisa umkhondo wayo kunye nokuqinisekisa udumo lwayo njengezona nqwelo moya zaziyo indalo esingqongileyo. Iimpumelelo ezininzi zaseMelika zibandakanya:

Ukuba yinkampani yokuqala yenqwelomoya jikelele ukusebenzisa i-biofuel ye-aviation eqhubekayo, ephawula inyathelo elibalulekileyo kwishishini ngokugqitha ngaphaya kweenkqubo zovavanyo kunye nemiboniso kusetyenziso lwemihla ngemihla lwe-carbon ye-carbon ephantsi kwimisebenzi eqhubekayo.
Utyalo-mali olungaphezulu kweedola ezingama-30 zezigidi e-California esekwe kumvelisi wenqwelo moya we-Fulcrum BioEnergy, oluhlala lolona tyalo-mali lukhulu kuyo nayiphi na inqwelo moya kwihlabathi liphela kwizibaso ezizinzileyo. Isivumelwano se-United sokuthenga phantse i-1 yezigidigidi kwi-Fulcrum BioEnergy sesona sivumelwano sikhulu sokuthatha i-biofuel kwishishini leenqwelo moya.
Ukuba yinkampani yokuqala yokubhabha ngenqwelomoya ngamaphiko e-Boeing Split Scimitar, anciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwepetroli ngama-2 epesenti xa kuthelekiswa namaphiko esemgangathweni; I-United yeyona ndawo iphambili ye-Scimitar yamaphiko namhlanje, ineenqwelo moya eziphantse zibe ngama-400 ezixhotyiswe ngala maphiko.
Ukuba yinkampani yokuqala yenqwelomoya e-US ukuphinda ubeke izinto ezivela kwiikhithi zoncedo zekhabhathi zepremiyamu zamazwe aphesheya kunye nokusebenzisana nococekileyo kwihlabathi ukunikela ngemveliso yezempilo kwabo banesidingo esibalulekileyo.
Ukusebenzisana no-Audubon International ukukhusela abaxhamli-kuquka i-hawk, i-owls kunye ne-kestrels-ngaphakathi nakwii-hubs ze-United kunye nokuhlala kwakhona kweentaka zezilwanyana kwiindawo zokuhlala apho iintlobo zinokuthi zikhule.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

The biofuel alone achieves a greater than 60% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on a lifecycle basis compared to traditional jet fuel, and using biofuel is one of the most effective ways an airline can reduce its impact on the environment.
United was the first airline globally to use sustainable aviation biofuel on a continuous basis and the only airline in the United States to currently do so.
On the Flight for the Planet, United became the first known airline to demonstrate all of the following key actions on a single commercial flight.