Which Airlines has joined World Economic Forum (WEF) Sustainability Campaign 'Clear Skies for Tomorrow'?

IndiGo

Air India

Vistara

SpiceJet

Correct Answer : IndiGo

IndiGo, India’s leading carrier, becomes a signatory in the "Clear Skies for Tomorrow", India Coalition campaign, spearheaded by the World Economic Forum(WEF). IndiGo’s commitment to deployment of sustainable initiatives will help in achieving a significant scale for SAF to gain a critical mass and bring in cost-efficiency for widespread adoption in India.

* IndiGo has been focused on sustainable operations for a few years and launched its first ESG report – IndiGo Green in 2021. Earlier this year, IndiGo operated its brand new A320 NEO flight from Toulouse, France to New Delhi on 18 Feb 2022 with 10% blend of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) under the IndiGo Green initiative.

* A meaningful and proactive path for the industry to achieve carbon-neutral flying is provided by ‘Clean Skies for Tomorrow’, which was launched in January 2019.

* Clear Skies for Tomorrow offers a crucial mechanism for top executives and public leaders, across and beyond the aviation value chain, to align on a transition to sustainable aviation fuels.

* To support aviation’s overall net-zero pathway by 2050, the objective of ‘Clear Skies for Tomorrow’ is to establish commercially feasible SAF production (both bio and synthetic) at scale for industry adoption by 2030..

Source : Goindigo

Published On : August 31, 2022

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Puducherry

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