Caribbean Airlines
helps to cut emissions
PORT OF SPAIN/PHILIPSBURG--Caribbean Airlines, a regional company, has joined the environmental movement by introducing CarbonNeutral, an initiative to provide sustainable air travel by offering passengers the opportunity to offset airline carbon emissions by investing in eco-friendly projects such as renewable energy and reforestation.
In partnership with the CarbonNeutral Company, Caribbean Airlines passengers can participate in the airlines’ quest to “go green” with the CAL CarbonNeutral flight plan, designed in accordance with the CarbonNeutral® protocol, the leading standard and quality mark for action on climate change.
Caribbean Airlines customers can visit
www.caribbean-airlines.com and calculate flight emissions based on their destinations and then “neutralise” them by contributing to community projects which are reducing levels of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.
Caribbean Airlines CEO, Peter Davies said in a press statement, “Caribbean Airlines is committed to reducing the carbon impact of its flights upon the environment and we are delighted to be the first air carrier in the region to offer customers the choice to go carbon neutral.”
Since its launch on January 1, the airline has achieved an 80 per cent e-ticketing rate; with 5 interline e-ticket partners to provide paperless travel. “We have also invested in installing winglets on our Boeing 737, to increase the efficiency of our aircraft and reduce the CO2 produced saving at least 4,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions this year alone. We are proud that our passengers can partner with us in choosing how their carbon offsets are applied,” Davies said.
Caribbean Airlines’ support projects include the Iwokrama International Centre for Rain Forest Conservation and Development in Guyana, and the Recycling Project initiated by the Mayor of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.
Caribbean Airlines flies to St. Maarten three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Learn more about Caribbean Airlines’ CarbonNeutral® flights and other CarbonNeutral® initiatives at
www.caribbean-airlines.com and
www.carbonneutral.com.
