ABU DHABI – Etihad Airways has dedicated to adopting a mangrove tree on behalf of each visitor who books an Financial system Area seat, guaranteeing each “area” seat bought is finally carbon impartial.
The announcement follows the launch of the Etihad Forest, Etihad’s initiative for biodiversity, wildlife and environmental safety by way of a community of mangrove and different forests being established in Abu Dhabi and worldwide, Launched in February 2022, the Etihad Mangrove Forest goals to plant 182,000 mangroves by the primary quarter of 2023 in Abu Dhabi, earlier than the subsequent section of the programme to plant new forests in worldwide locations.
Mangroves take away as much as 4 occasions extra carbon dioxide from the air than different tropical forests, serving to to struggle the results of local weather change equivalent to coral bleaching and shoreline degradation, and supporting biodiversity and wildlife as an important habitat for fish, birds and different wildlife.
Via the initiative, Etihad will plant one mangrove tree in places in Abu Dhabi for every economic system area seat bought on any Etihad Airways flight. Every mangrove planted alone will take up as much as 250kg of CO2 in its lifetime – the identical quantity produced by an eight-hour flight.
Mariam Al Qubaisi, Head of Sustainability, Etihad Aviation Group, mentioned, “Along with our sustainability ambitions, we made a dedication to serving to our visitors and companions journey extra sustainably and empower them to make acutely aware decisions. With the most recent evolution of our sustainability programme, we’re simplifying the method, so anybody can journey sustainably.”
Each visitor who books an Financial system Area Seat will obtain affirmation of their gifted mangrove within the Etihad Forest inside ten days of flying. From the e-mail hyperlink, visitors can observe, nearly go to, and see photographs and different particulars of their tree, confirming the carbon offset for his or her current journey.
Company have the choice to register their claimed tree to allow them to simply revisit their tree at a later day. Via the platform’s app, Etihad visitors can “chat” with their chatbot-enabled tree, whereas additionally with the ability to observe each tree with satellite tv for pc maps and entry information, together with CO2 consumption metrics, which could be tracked.
Financial system Area gives beneficiant legroom and extra space to chill out. It’s obtainable solely on Etihad-operated flights, and visitors can reserve a seat in Financial system Area whereas reserving their ticket or at any time till examine in.
Financial system Area could be booked at etihad.com underneath “Handle my reserving” when checking in on-line or on the airport. Etihad Visitor Platinum members can reserve a seat in Financial system Area free of charge or save 50% as an Etihad Visitor Gold member.
Company in different cabins may also participate within the Etihad Forest initiative utilizing Etihad Visitor Miles within the Reward Store, whereas a variety of extra choices are provided to satisfy company companion necessities and supply bundled-offset choices by way of the Company Acutely aware Decisions programme.
Consistent with the Abu Dhabi Mangrove Programme by the Atmosphere Company Abu Dhabi, the Etihad Mangrove Forest is the fruits of a number of joint programmes between Etihad, Atmosphere Company Abu Dhabi, Jubail Island, The Storey Group and different companions to assist mangrove conservation initiatives within the nation and develop new carbon sinks and pure sources to take away carbon from the ambiance following our precept “Abu Dhabi for the World.”