I-MANAMA, i-Bahrain (i-25 Septemba 2008) - i-Bahrain ye-carrier yelizwe i-Gulf Air, kunye nezinye iinqwelo-moya ezihamba phambili, i-Boeing kunye ne-Honeywell's UOP, umphuhlisi wobuchwephesha bokucokisa, waseka iqela elinjongo yalo kukukhawulezisa ukuqhubela phambili kwamafutha e-aviation amatsha kunye azinzileyo.
Eli qela liza kufumana amacebiso kwimibutho ekhokelayo yehlabathi kwezemekobume, njengeNatural Resources Defense Council kunye neWorld Wildlife Fund. Umqulu weqela kukuququzelela usetyenziso lwezorhwebo lwemithombo yamafutha ahlaziyekayo. Onke amalungu eqela arhuma kwisibhambathiso sozinzo esifuna nayiphi na i-biofuel ezinzileyo ukuba iqhube ngomjikelo omncinci wokuphila kwekhabhoni. Injongo yabo kukunciphisa iimpembelelo kwi-biosphere ngelixa kwangaxeshanye belima izitokhwe zezityalo eziya kubonelela ngexabiso lezentlalo nezoqoqosho kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni.
"I-Gulf Air ibisoloko iyinkampani yeenqwelomoya, kwaye esi sivumelwano sigxininisa ukuzibophelela kwethu ekujonganeni nokutshintsha kwemozulu ngokuzisa ubugcisa obucocekileyo kunye nohlaza," watsho igosa eliphezulu leGulf Air uMnu. Björn Näf.
“Iinjongo zeGulf Air zokusungula izinto ezintsha, uzinzo kunye nokubhabha okuluhlaza zinesibindi kwaye zibanzi. Ngokubandakanyeka ngokubonakalayo kweli nyathelo le-biofuel, i-Gulf Air ikholelwa ukuba inokudlala indima ebalulekileyo ekujonganeni nemingeni yanamhlanje yokusingqongileyo kwaye incede ukwakha ikamva elingcono kubantwana bethu, uluntu lwasekuhlaleni kunye nehlabathi.
Igosa eliyintloko leqhinga le-Gulf Air u-Tero Taskila, okhokela inyathelo le-biofuel njengenxalenye yenyathelo elitsha lenkampani yenqwelo-moya esandul' ukwaziswa ngoxanduva loluntu ekuvunyelwene ngalo. “Umbono wethu wexesha elide weCSR udibanisa inzuzo yezoqoqosho kunye nolondolozo nozinzo. Inkqubo ye-biofuel lelinye lamanyathelo ethu okuqala ekufezekiseni umbono wethu, esithemba ukuba ekuhambeni kwexesha kuya kukhokelela kwimbuyekezo enkulu kutyalo-mali kubo bonke abachaphazelekayo,” utshilo uMnu. Taskila. "Iinqwelomoya eziye zazisa iinkqubo zokuzinza kwisizukulwana esilandelayo sele zibonile ukugcinwa kweendleko ezinkulu ngelixa zilawula ngokufanelekileyo i-carbon footprint," uqukumbele watsho.