Air Canada yalengeza kuti ndege yake ya Edmonton-San Francisco lero igwira ntchito ndi biofuel m'ndege ya Airbus A146-320 yokhala ndi mipando 200. Ndege zazikuluzikuluzi zidakonzedwa kuti zinyamuke lero kuti zilandire nthumwi zazamalonda zotsogozedwa ndi Boma la Alberta, Mzinda wa Edmonton ndi mabizinesi akudera la Edmonton kupita ku California.
"Air Canada ndiyonyadira kuyanjana lero ndi Edmonton International Airport (EIA) kuti igwiritse ntchito ndege zamasiku ano ndi biofuel. Air Canada ikupitiriza kuthandizira ndi kulimbikitsa chitukuko cha biofuel ku Canada kuti ikhale yopindulitsa; gawo lalikulu popanga ndege zokhazikika ku Canada komanso padziko lonse lapansi. Iyi ndi ndege yathu yachisanu ndi chitatu yoyendetsedwa ndi biofuel kuyambira chaka cha 2012. Zotsatira zakugwiritsa ntchito mafuta amtundu wamasiku ano zimachepetsa mpweya wotuluka mundegeyi ndi matani opitilira 10, zomwe zikuyimira kuchepetsa ndi 20% kutulutsa mpweya wa carbon pa ndegeyi," adatero Teresa Ehman, Mtsogoleri wa Zachilengedwe. ku Air Canada.
“Kuyambira m’chaka cha 1990, Air Canada yathandiza kuti mafuta aziyenda bwino ndi 43 peresenti. Tadziperekanso kuti tikwaniritse zolinga zomwe bungwe la International Air Transport Association lakhazikitsa, kuphatikizapo kukula kwa carbon-neutral kuyambira 2020 komanso kuchepetsa mpweya wa CO2 ndi 50 peresenti pofika 2050, poyerekeza ndi 2005. Kuyesetsa uku komanso njira zina zobiriwira zowonjezeretsa ntchito komanso kuchepetsa zinyalala zidadziwika ndi Air Transport World yomwe koyambirira kwa chaka chino idatcha Air Canada Eco-Airline of the Year ya 2018. "
"Ndege yowonetsera biofuel iyi ikuwonetsa kudzipereka kwathu kophatikizana kubweretsa mpweya wochepa, mafuta ongowonjezedwanso m'magawo a ndege ndi ma eyapoti," atero a Tom Ruth, Purezidenti ndi CEO wa Edmonton International Airport. "Utsogoleri wa Air Canada mu gawo lazothandizira zongowonjezwdwa ukugwirizana kwambiri ndi kudzipereka kwa EIA pa chitukuko cha zachuma ndi kukhazikika, ndikuchepetsa kukhudzidwa kwanthawi yayitali kwa ntchito zama eyapoti."
"Mabizinesi ndi mabungwe ambiri aku Alberta akubwera nafe paulendo wamasiku ano waku San Francisco, kuti tithandizire kuwonetsa zomwe chigawo chathu chili kunja ndikupanga ntchito zatsopano ndi mwayi kunyumba," atero a Deron Bilous, Nduna ya Zachuma ndi Zamalonda ku Alberta. "Kugwiritsa ntchito biofuel ndi chikumbutso chofunikira kuti, pogwira ntchito ndi abwenzi ngati Air Canada ndi EIA, Alberta ipitiliza kukhala mtsogoleri wamphamvu komanso zachilengedwe zomwe zikufunika ku North America m'zaka za zana la 21."
"Kudzipereka kumeneku ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zoyeretsa zikuwonetsa utsogoleri wamakampani zomwe ndizofunikira kwa tonsefe kugwirira ntchito limodzi kuthana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo," adatero Meya wa Edmonton Don Iveson. "Ndikukhulupirira kuti ikulimbikitsa makampani ena kuti atsatire zomwezo kuti tipitilize kupititsa patsogolo utsogoleri pakusintha kwamagetsi komanso kusintha kwanyengo."
Air Canada's Edmonton-San Francisco tsiku lililonse, maulendo osayima akhazikitsidwa dzulo, Meyi 1.
