Singapore Airlines Group target zero emissions by 2050
“We have remained focused on our sustainability goals even as we navigated the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Goh Choon Phong, the Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines (SIA1) (SINGY). “We know that this is also an increasingly important issue to both our customers and staff. With today’s pledge to achieve net-zero emissions, we buttress the SIA Group’s leadership position on this topic and reinforce our commitment to finding ways to tackle our impact on the environment.”
This
group plans to modernize its fleets through investing in acquiring
new-generation aircraft and appropriating low-carbon technology and
sustainable aviation fuels to offset its emissions.
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Today the group’s average fleet age is five years 10 months across types such as the Airbus A330-300, A380-800, A320-200, A320neo and A350-900, and the Boeing 747-400F, B787-8, B787-9, B787-10, B777-200, B777-300ER, B737-800 NG. The group also has orders for new generation wide and narrow bodies from both Airbus and Boeing such as the Airbus A350-900 and the A320neo and A321neo Family as well as the Boeing 777-9 and 787 Family and the 737 MAX 8.
“Today, the most effective and direct way for an airline to materially lower carbon emissions is by operating a young fleet of aircraft,” Phong went on to state. “The SIA Group’s fleet has an average age of under six years, making it one of the youngest in the world.”
According
to Phong, the SIA group retired 45 older aircraft over the course of
2020 and its fleet order of new-generation aircraft will be 30% more
fuel-efficient in comparison to its current fleet.
Джерело інформації: AeroTime