Top 10 things we are doing for the environment
1. Investing in the most modern and eco-efficient commercial aircraft available, including 90 A380 superjumbos which can move more people using less fuel. Our young fleet maintains a fuel efficiency rating 30% less than ICAO global fleet average.
2. Emirates has been leading the way in developing flexible routing in various parts of the world. Emirates is the only airline using flexible routing on flights between Dubai and Sao Paolo. The results are impressive in terms of reduced fuel burn. Emirates also worked with the Australian Government to introduce Flex Track, a sophisticated flight routing technology that saves time and fuel. Flex Track can save up to 8% of fuel in the right conditions. Flex Track-style systems are now also being introduced in the Maldives and Indonesia. We are working with Sri Lanka and hoping to extend this concept into Indian airspace.
3. Emirates is recycling materials from onboard our aircraft, our flight catering facilities and our engineering centres and offices worldwide. We are also putting in place recycling schemes for over 70 of our staff accommodation buildings in Dubai.
4. Emirates has completed 100% electronic ticketing and operates a paperless ticket environment. Emirates flight crews are using Electronic Flight Bags which reduce paper based documentation and manuals - moving towards a paperless cockpit environment.
5. Our planes reduce fuel consumption by using a single engine to taxi where possible. This is where our aircraft taxi to and from the runway using only one of the available engines. Studies suggest that one minute of single engine taxing per aircraft movement saves 430,000 litres of fuel annually.
6. Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa situated in Australia’s Blue Mountains is the first hotel in the world to achieve internationally accredited carbon neutral certification. carboNZero - an internationally accredited greenhouse gas certification scheme.
7. Emirates Flight Catering (EKFC) is the most modern facility of its kind in the world using advanced technology to maximise efficiency and minimise waste and energy. Emirates Flight Catering facilities, which produce over 96,000 meals per day for 130 airlines in Dubai, is on track this year to recycle over 1.5 million kilograms of paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, aluminium cans, foils, plastic bags, waste oil and wooden pallets from our flight catering operations (including 15 tonnes per month from on-board waste).
8. dnata has a long-standing environment policy and regularly trains, implements and audits their activities against these standards. dnata’s operations are ISO certified in Dubai along with various outstations.
9. dnata’s annual cleaning of the Dubai creek programme sees employees donning scuba gear to help keep Dubai’s famous waterway cleaner each year.
10. The Emirates Airline Foundation – a charitable organisation supported by the Emirates Group and our customers – supports many community and environmentally related programmes worldwide.