Emirates airline improves fuel efficiency

Dubai-based Emirates airline said its fuel efficiency results are 14.5% better than the International Air Transport Association (Iata) average.

The airline attributed better efficiency ratio to its average fleet age of only 6.2 years versus the global Iata-wide body fleet average of 11.7 years.

Total fuel efficiency for all passenger and freighter flights improved by 0.5%, dropping to 0.3089 litres per tonne kilometre (L/TK). Similarly, carbon dioxide emissions dropped to 0.764 kilograms of CO2 per tonne kilometre (gCO2/TK), improving efficiency by 0.4%.

The Emirates Group also published its fourth annual Environmental Report which measures and tracks the Group’s environmental performance, as well as identifying examples of best practice across the 75,000 strong workforce.

Other report highlights include:

-         Continued improvement in noise performance. The A380 is one of the world’s quietest aircraft, and as Emirates takes delivery of more A380s and Boeing 777s, the fleet’s average noise levels continue to fall. We calculate noise efficiency factors for take-off and landing to measure our overall noise impact, and these showed improvements of 2.4% and 10.1% respectively.

-         Reduction in CO2 emissions in ground operations. In the Group’s ground operations, a major efficiency initiative for our Dubai ground transport fleet enabled reductions of 2,500 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year.

-         Recycling. dnata's Airport Operations team recycled 1,700 tonnes of paper products from Emirates aircraft cabins in Dubai, contributing to a total of 7,555 tonnes of waste diverted from landfill across the Group.

-         Conservation programmes. Emirates continues to make significant progress on its conservation programmes in Dubai and Australia, with both wildlife and plant life benefiting from its efforts. In cooperation with the Dubai Engineer’s Office, 15,000 indigenous ghaf trees were planted in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve to enhance the habitat for wildlife. The Emirates Wolgan Valley Resort and Spa in Australia won awards for its sustainability achievements, and worked with research institutions to expand knowledge of the valley’s wombat and kangaroo populations.

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