Inkampani yezindiza yokuqala ye-Qatar Airways ukujoyina inkundla ye-IATA CO2NNECT

• Lolu hlelo lusungula ingqophamlando emhlabeni wonke mayelana nokususwa kwekhabhoni yezimpahla zomoya.
• I-Qatar Airways Cargo ifuna ukuhola indlela ekuhlangabezaneni nokulindelwe ngamakhasimende ngamazinga aphezulu okusimamisa imvelo.
• Umshayeli wendiza usebenzisa umkhakha we-IATA umkhuba ongcono kakhulu wokubala ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 nge-kg yempahla ngayinye.

Ngokubambisana ne- Inhlangano Yezindiza Yezindiza Yomhlaba Wonke (IATA), Qatar Airways Cargo, uphiko lwempahla ye IQatar Airways Group, kuzoba umthwali wokuqala wezimpahla ukujoyina IATA Isiteji se-CO2NNECT futhi sinikeze isixazululo semvelo esenziwe ngokwezifiso kumakhasimende ayo. U-Kuehne+Nagel, ongomunye wabathumeli bempahla abahamba phambili emhlabeni, uzoba ikhasimende lokwethula le nkundla, ngokuvumelana nokuzibophezela kwabo ekuqhubekeni phambili. Ukuphawula lobu budlelwano, ngomhla zi-01 kuNovemba 2021 i-Qatar Airways Cargo yahambisa impahla yokuqala ye-carbon-neutral esuka e-Doha iya e-Frankfurt, e-Zaragoza, e-Liège nase-Paris.

Lesi sahluko esisha sohlelo lokuzithandela lwe-carbon offsetting, olwakhiwe ngaphansi kwesambulela se-IATA, sisungula ingqopha-mlando embonini ukusheshisa ukususwa kwe-carbon yezindiza futhi senza ukuthunyelwa kwempahla yomoya kungabi hlangothi ngokunikeza ukubalwa kwekhabhoni okudidiyelwe kanye nesixazululo se-offset phakathi. Qatar Airways, abathumeli, nabathumeli bempahla njenge-Kuehne+Nagel. Izohlinzeka amakhasimende ayo isiqinisekiso sokuthi amakhredithi athengiwe ukuze kuncishiswe lokhu kukhishelwa avela kumaphrojekthi aletha ukuncishiswa kwekhabhoni okuqinisekisiwe ngokuzimela, kanye nezinzuzo ezibanzi zezemvelo nezenhlalo.

Lo msebenzi wokulinga wethulwa emizileni emine (4), ngezinhlelo zokunwebela kulo lonke uxhaxha lwempahla ethwala impahla ezindaweni ezingaphezu kwamashumi ayisithupha (60) kanye nezindawo zabagibeli ezingaphezu kwekhulu namashumi amane (140) emhlabeni jikelele. Umshayeli wendiza usebenzisa i IATA umkhakha ongcono kakhulu wokubala ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 nge-kg yempahla ngayinye. Ngalolu hlelo, amakhasimende wempahla angakwazi ukuqeda kalula ukukhishwa kwegesi okuhlobene nokuthunyelwa kwempahla yomoya, njengesinyathelo sokufeza izibopho zabo zokusimama kwemvelo. Kuzosetshenziswa kuphela okuqinisekisiwe, ikhwalithi ephezulu kanye ne-ICAO CORSIA (I-Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation) okuzosetshenziswa.

IQatar Airways Group Isikhulu esiphezulu, uMhlonishwa uMnu. Akbar Al Baker, uthe: “Njengoba iQatar Airways yethula okokuqala uhlelo lwayo lokususa i-carbon kubagibeli ngo-2020, siyajabula ukubanika ithuba lokuthutha impahla yomoya nge-CO.₂ indlela engathathi hlangothi esikhathini esizayo. I-Qatar Airways Cargo ibilokhu ihamba phambili ezinhlelweni zemboni. Ngiyaziqhenya ngemizamo yethu yokweseka imboni yezokundiza ekufezeni izinhloso zokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni.”

Willie Walsh, IATAUmqondisi Jikelele, uthe, “Inhloso yemboni yokuzuza ukukhishwa kwe-net-zero carbon ngo-2050 isebenza kubo bobabili abagibeli kanye nempahla. Kudingeka futhi bonke ababambiqhaza embonini basebenzisane futhi bamukele izixazululo ezintsha. Sihalalisela i-Qatar Airways Cargo ngokuba ngowokuqala ukusebenzisa i-CO2NNECT, kanye naku-Kuehne+Nagel ngokuba yikhasimende lokwethula. Njengoba umhlaba uhlangana emhlanganweni we-COP26 wokuqinisa izinhlelo zokuncishiswa kwekhabhoni emhlabeni wonke, ukwethulwa kwalesi sixazululo kukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwethu embonini yonke ekuthuthweni komoya esimeme.”