The Abu Dhabi airline’s Financial system Area product presents economic system seats with additional legroom. Etihad is vowing to make each Financial system Area passenger’s journey carbon impartial “over time”.
The transfer is a part of the Abu Dhabi Mangrove Initiative and the airline’s Etihad Forest programme, which goals to enhance biodiversity, wildlife and environmental safety via establishing a community of mangrove and different forests in Abu Dhabi and around the globe.
The mangrove forest challenge, launched in February, goals to plant 182,000 bushes by the primary quarter of 2023 – mangrove bushes take away as much as 4 occasions extra CO2 from the air than different tropical forests.
Etihad will plant one mangrove tree in Abu Dhabi for every Financial system Area seat bought on its flights.
Mariam Al Qubaisi, head of sustainability at Etihad Aviation Group, stated: “Along with our personal sustainability ambitions, we made a dedication to serving to our visitors and companions to journey extra sustainably and empower them to make aware decisions.
“With the most recent evolution of our sustainability programme to plant a mangrove on behalf of each visitor who books an Financial system Area seat, we’re simplifying the method so anybody can journey sustainably.”
Each traveller reserving an Financial system Area seat will obtain affirmation of their gifted mangrove within the Etihad Forest inside 10 days of flying. From the e-mail hyperlink, visitors can monitor, just about go to and see images of their tree.
Passengers in different cabins may participate within the Etihad Forest initiative utilizing Etihad Visitor Miles within the Reward Store.