SAA, Finnair up environmental credentials
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South African Airways and Finnair have become the first two airlines in the world to reach stage two of the IATA Environmental Assessment programme.
The airlines have reached the second stage of the programme after implementing the standards and setting performance targets.
Finnair’s goals for the airline include a 40% reduction in anti-icing fluid usage up to 2016; 20% drop in Co2 emissions from 2009-2017 and 40% noise reduction in 214-2017.
“Everything we can do to minimise our carbon profile as an airline is a benefit for the environment and for our ability to generate shareholder value,” says Ville Iho, chief operating officer at Finnair. “In the long run, however, environmental performance is like safety—it is something that all airlines benefit from with sector-wide cooperation. The standards of the IEnvA program help us and all airlines improve fuel efficiency, reduce waste and limit greenhouse gas emissions in our operations.”
IATA has said the scheme has already gathered momentum with Icelandair, Qatar Airways and SriLankan Airlines recently passing stage one.
Others to have completed the programme include Air Transat, Kenya Airways, LATAM and Malaysia Airlines.
“In addition to safety, environmental responsibility is the highest priority for the industry. The new IATA Environmental Assessment sits alongside our industry-wide carbon-reduction targets as a program for ensuring airlines not only meet, but also exceed their day-to-day operational environmental obligations and performance,” said IATA’s director general and CEO Tony Tyler. “The IATA Operational Safety Audit has done much to help improve airline safety and we expect that the IEnvA will do the same for environmental standards.”
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