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With plans of reducing its carbon footprint, Etihad Airways has teamed up with Abu Dhabi’s alternative energy initiative Masdar. Both companies yesterday signed an agreement to co-operate across a range of activities to reduce the airline’s carbon footprint through sustainable and energy efficient measures.
As a part of the deal, Masdar, wholly owned by the Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), will support efforts to develop carbon management initiatives to ensure EtihadEtihadLoading… complies with the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, which comes into effect in 2012 for the aviation industry.
The partnership will also see Masdar backing Etihad’s voluntary carbon reduction schemes, Etihad said in a statement.
“The airline industry is turning its attention to finding alternative fuels and emission reduction schemes,” said Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO, Masdar.
In yet another move, Qatar Airways said it has signed an agreement with aviation industry body Iata (International Air Transport Association) to spearhead a global carbon offset trading scheme designed to help fund global environmental projects.
Under the programme, when passengers book their tickets, they can choose to pay a little extra to offset the carbon footprint for the particular flight, with proceeds going towards global programmes recognised by NGOs, the Doha-based airline said in a statement.
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