Kwa nthawi yachiwiri kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsa pulogalamu yotsogola ya Eco-Skies, United Airlines idatchedwa Eco-Airline of the Year ndi magazini ya Air Transport World (ATW).
Mphothoyi imazindikira kampani yoyendetsa ndege zapadziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha utsogoleri wawo wazachilengedwe monga momwe zasonyezedwera ndi kusasinthika komanso kokhudza chilengedwe mkati mwa kampaniyo komanso mumakampani. Magaziniyi idapatsa United ulemu waukulu pazochita zingapo mu 2016 komanso zaka zam'mbuyomu, kuphatikiza kukhala ndege yoyamba yaku US yomwe idayamba kugwiritsa ntchito kuchuluka kwamafuta oyendetsa ndege pamaulendo omwe amakonzedwa pafupipafupi, zomwe zikuwonetsa gawo lalikulu pamsika popitilira ziwonetsero. ndi kuyesa mapulogalamu ogwiritsira ntchito mafuta otsika kwambiri a carbon biofuel kuti agwire ntchito mosalekeza.
"Zatsopano komanso kukhazikika ndi injini ziwiri zomwe zimathandizira kupita patsogolo kwathu monga ndege yosamalira zachilengedwe padziko lonse lapansi," atero Oscar Munoz, wamkulu wa United States. "Kuyambira pakuchita upainiya pakupanga ma biofuel mpaka kuchulukirachulukira komanso kuchepetsa zinyalala mpaka kuthandizira msika umodzi wapadziko lonse lapansi wotulutsa mpweya wa kaboni, United yadzipereka kupanga njira zothetsera mavuto zomwe tikukhulupirira kuti zitha kukhala chiyembekezo chamakampani athu, osati kupatulapo. Ndipo ngakhale tikunyadira kwambiri kuzindikira kofunikira kumeneku kwa zoyesayesa zathu, muyeso wa chipambano chathu ndi lingaliro la ana athu ndi adzukulu athu omwe adzayang'ana mmbuyo pa zoyesayesa zathu ndi kunena kuti tinachita mogwirizana ndi udindo wathu kwa iwo poteteza dziko lapansi chifukwa cha zoyesayesa zathu. mibadwo yamtsogolo.”
Pulogalamu ya United Eco-Skies ikuyimira kudzipereka kwa kampani ku chilengedwe ndi zomwe zimachitika tsiku lililonse kuti apange tsogolo lokhazikika. Kuphatikiza pa kuphatikizira biofuel yokhazikika m'ntchito zake pa Los Angeles International Airport, zomwe United yachita posachedwa ndi zachilengedwe zikuphatikiza:
• Investing $30 million in U.S.-based alternative aviation fuels developer Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., which represented the single largest investment by any airline globally in alternative fuels.
• Kukhala kampani yoyamba ya ndege ku United States kugulitsanso katundu wochokera ku kampani yonyamula katundu yamtengo wapatali yapadziko lonse ndikugwirizana ndi Clean the World kuti ipereke zinthu zaukhondo kwa omwe akufunikira kwambiri.
• Partnering with the Federal Aviation Administration to demonstrate the potential benefits of new satellite-based technology for instrument landings that enable aircraft to use fuel more efficiently on arrival and land at normal rates in challenging weather.
• Continuing to replace its eligible ground equipment and service vehicles with cleaner, electrically powered alternatives, with 47 percent of the fleet converted to date.
• Becoming the first airline to fly with Boeing’s Split Scimitar winglets, which reduce fuel consumption by up to 2 percent; United is the largest Split Scimitar winglet customer today.
• Being the only U.S.-based airline named to the Carbon Disclosure Project’s “Leadership” category for its environmental disclosure, with an A- Climate score in 2016.
• Sourcing illy coffee’s internationally certified supply chain of farmers who earn above-market prices in exchange for meeting quality and sustainability standards for the finest coffee.
• Offering Eco-Skies CarbonChoice, the airline industry’s only integrated carbon offset program for corporate business travel and cargo shipments.
Kuphatikiza apo, monga gawo la kudzipereka kwa United pakugwira ntchito ndi ndege yosamalira zachilengedwe komanso yodalirika, wonyamulirayo adawonjeza muyeso wa kaboni ku 2017 Global Performance Commitment. United ikudzipereka kuti ikwaniritse gawo lotsika kwambiri la mpweya kuposa omwe akupikisana nawo awiri aku US chaka chino, monga momwe amayezera ndi mpweya wofanana ndi mpweya wofanana ndi malo omwe alipo. Ngati United sikwaniritsa zolinga za 2017 Global Performance Commitment, ndegeyo idzalipira maakaunti oyenerera amakampani.
