Airport Heathrow adalengeza mapulani ake mwa British Airways Kampani ya makolo IAG yothetsera mpweya wa carbon ku ndege zake zonse zaku UK zochokera ku 2020, ndikukhala gulu loyendetsa ndege padziko lonse lapansi kuti lithandizire kukwaniritsa mpweya wa zero kaboni pofika 2050.
Ndegeyo yalengeza kuti iyambitsa kuyesayesa kwatsopano kosintha zinyalala zapulasitiki zosasunthika - kuphatikiza chakudya ndi filimu yapulasitiki - kukhala mipando ya eyapoti, mayunifolomu ndi mafuta otsikira otsika pofika 2025.
A Chief Heathrow a John Holland-Kaye adapita nawo ku UN Climate Summit ku New York ndipo adalengeza kuti Heathrow alowa nawo pa 'Economic Skies for Tomorrow Coalition' ya World Economic Forum yomwe cholinga chake chinali kuthandiza gululi kuti liziwuluka mosagwirizana ndi mpweya, komanso kulandira Komiti Yanyengo. Sinthani malingaliro aboma kuti aphatikize kuyendetsa ndege muukonde waukadaulo waukonde ku UK pofika 2050.
Virgin Atlantic yalengeza zakukonzekera njira zopitilira 80 kuchokera ku Heathrow yomwe ikukulitsidwa, ndikuthandizira kukhazikitsa chonyamula mbendera yachiwiri ku eyapoti yaku UK kusuntha komwe kudzakulitsa mpikisano ndikukweza chisankho cha okwera.
Kutsatira kumalizidwa kwa upangiri wamalamulo a Heathrow kwamasabata 12 pa pulani yomwe akufuna kuti iwonjezere, kuvota kudawonetsa kuti nzika zakomweko zimathandizira ntchitoyi kuposa kuitsutsa m'maboma 16 mwa 18 a Nyumba Yamalamulo ozungulira Heathrow.
Chief Executive wa Heathrow a John Holland-Kaye, adati:
"Heathrow akudzipereka kuti athetse mpweya wopanda zouluka mu ndege ndipo akuyesetsa kuti awonetsetse momwe ndege zikuyendera mwachangu. Chilengezo cha IAG chotsitsa zero kuchokera ku ndege pofika chaka cha 2050 chikuwonetsa kuti gawo lonse lazoyendetsa ndege lingathe kuwonetsetsa ndikuteteza maubwino oyenda ndi malonda padziko lonse lapansi. Tigwira nawo ntchito limodzi kuti tikwaniritse izi ndikupempha ndege zina kuti zitsatire zomwe akutsogolera. ”
