Umoya waseKorea ubambisene neLos Angeles "ukutyala kunye nokukhathalela imithi yasezidolophini," yabhengezwa ngoLwesihlanu. Umthuthi wase-Asiya uthe uza kunikela ngeedola ezili-160,000 kuSodolophu waseLos Angeles u-Antonio Villaraigosa kwisigidi seMithi eLos Angeles (MTLA) njengenxalenye yombhiyozo weminyaka engama-40 yenqwelomoya kunye nokuzibophelela kwehlabathi ekutshatyalalisweni kwamahlathi kunye nogcino lwemithi kwihlabathi liphela.
"Imithi inika umthunzi kwaye igcine iindleko zamandla, icoce umoya kwaye inceda ukunciphisa i-greenhouse gases ebangela ukushisa kwehlabathi," watsho uJay Lee, umlawuli wengingqi ye-Korean Air eMelika. “Bakwanciphisa ungcoliseko, babambe amanzi amdaka angcolisekileyo edolophini, baphucula umgangatho wamanzi, kwaye bongeza ubuhle kwindawo yaseLos Angeles. Umnikelo wethu kwi-MTLA awukona nje ukuhombisa isiXeko, kodwa umalunga nokusingqongileyo kwaye sinelunda ngokwenza esi sipho kwaye sibe yinxalenye yesisombululo esiluhlaza.”
IKorea Air ngokuzingca ivuma ukuba yinqwelomoya yokuqala yamazwe ngamazwe ukwenza oku kuzibophelela kwinyathelo le-MTLA. Ikomkhulu lesikhululo senqwelomoya kuMntla Merika liseLos Angeles kwaye iKorea Air sesona sikhulu senqwelomoya siphuma kwi-LAX.
“Siyavuya kwaye sinebhongo ngokuba nentsebenziswano neKorea Air kunye nokuzinikela kwabo okuqhubekayo ekuphuculeni okusingqongileyo kwihlabathi liphela. I-Korean Air ingumzekelo wenkampani, ibonelela ngobunkokeli kunye notyalo-mali kwihlathi lase-LA lasedolophini eliza kubonelela ngeenzuzo ezininzi kwizizukulwana zika-Angeleno, "utshilo umlawuli we-MTLA uLisa Sarno.
Isivumelwano esisemthethweni sisayinwe namhlanje phakathi kweSixeko saseLos Angeles kunye neKorea Air kunye nokukhaba ngokusemthethweni kwiprogram kuya kwenzeka ngo-Matshi 2009 xa i-airline ibhiyozela iminyaka engama-40. Kumnyhadala kaMatshi abasebenzi baseKorea Air kunye neMTLA kulindeleke ukuba baqalise ukutyala nokunkcenkceshela “iMithi yoMoya yaseKorea.”
Imekobume yaseKorea Air yathi iinzame zayo zandisa kuzo zonke iinkalo zokusebenza kwayo, ezichazwe ngonyaka ngamnye ngeNgxelo yoZinzo olubanzi. Ngokutsho komthuthi wase-Asia, iyaqhubeka nophando lobugcisa ukunciphisa ingxolo kunye nokutshiswa kwepetroli kwinqwelo yayo kwaye iyalele iinqwelomoya ezili-10 ze-Boeing 787 eziyilelwe ukuba zilunge ngakumbi kokusingqongileyo.
Njengenxalenye yamanyathelo ayo okusingqongileyo, i-Korean Air yathi ityale imithi eMongolia ukususela ngo-2004 nakwingingqi yase-China ye-Inner Mongolia ukususela ngo-2007 ukunceda ukunciphisa impembelelo yothuli oluphuzi kunye nentlango kunye nokukhuthaza iinzame zokulondoloza amahlathi aseMongolia. I-Korean Air inethemba lokwandisa le nkqubo yendalo engqongileyo emhlabeni jikelele kwaye yakhetha i-Los Angeles ukuba iqalise iphulo.
I-Korean Air, kunye neqela leenqwelo-moya ezili-126, yenye yeenqwelomoya eziphezulu ze-20 zehlabathi. Isebenza phantse iinqwelomoya zabakhweli abangama-400 ngosuku ukuya kwizixeko ezili-116 kumazwe angama-39. Lilungu eliseka iSkyTeam, umfelandawonye weenqwelomoya zehlabathi - usebenzisana neAeroflot Russian Airlines, AeroMexico, Air France, Alitalia, CSA Czech Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM kunye neNorthwest Airlines ukubonelela abathengi ngeenqwelomoya ezibanzi kwihlabathi liphela. iindawo zokuya, iinqwelomoya kunye neenkonzo.
