I-Turkish Airlines iyaqhubeka nokweseka ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Sustainable Aviation Fuels edlala indima ebalulekile ekwehliseni ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni. Iqala ukusebenzisa ngokugcwele iSustainable Aviation Fuel phakathi nokusebenza kwayo kusukela ngo-2022, iTurkish Airlines yagcizelela ukubaluleka kwalolu daba enkampanini ngokusayina i-Global SAF Declaration.
I-Global SAF Declaration imele ukusebenzisana phakathi kwezindiza, i-aerospace kanye nozakwethu bamafutha ukuze kukhishwe ikhabhoni uphethiloli wendiza osimeme. Inhloso yalesi simemezelo wukuqeda ngokuphelele ikhabhoni yokubasa kwezindiza esimeme.
I-Turkish Airlines ihlela ukukhuphula ukusetshenziswa kwe-SAF kufinyelele emazingeni aphezulu ngokuhambisana nobuchwepheshe, ukulawulwa, ukuphepha kanye nokuba nokwenzeka kwezezimali.
Mayelana nalolu daba, isikhulu esiphezulu se-Turkish Airlines Investment & Technology u-Levent Konukçu sithe: "Ngokwehliswa kakhulu ukukhishwa kwayo ngokufaka indiza yesizukulwane esisha emkhunjini wayo, ukuthuthukiswa kokusebenza kanye nezicelo zokonga uphethiloli ezisezingeni eliphezulu, iTurkish Airlines izoqhubeka nokweseka nokutshala imali amafutha endiza esimeme.”
Umphathi Omkhulu Wezohwebo kanye neNhloko ye-Airbus International, uChristian Scherer uthe: “I-Airbus izibophezele ngokugcwele ekuthuthukiseni imboni yezindiza esimeme, kulo lonke uchungechunge lwenani, ezonciphisa umthelela wemvelo wokundiza. Isimemezelo sikweseka lokho kanye futhi namuhla, i-Turkish Airlines isabele obizweni lokujoyina lolu hlelo, ibhalisela ukusebenzisana nabo bonke ababambiqhaza ohambweni lwethu olubheke ezindizeni ezingenalutho. Ngiyaziqhenya ngokuthi uTürkiye ukhombisa ukuzibophezela kwabo kulo mzamo.”
Isikhulu Esiphezulu Sezobuchwepheshe bakwaRolls-Royce uGrazia Vittadini uthe: “Ukusebenza ngokubambisana nabalingani bethu bemboni kulo lonke uchungechunge lwenani lokukhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwe-Sustainable Aviation Fuels kuyingxenye ebalulekile yesu lokusimama kwe-Rolls-Royce. Siyakwamukela ukuzibophezela kwe-Turkish Airline ekusayineni Isimemezelo se-SAF kanye nokweseka lesi sinyathelo esibalulekile. Ngokusayina lesi sivumelwano, inkampani yezindiza iphinde yanikeza isignali ecacile yokuthi i-Türkiye isemuva ngokuphelele ekuqhubekiseleni phambili umfutho nokusebenzisana okudingekayo ukuze kube noguquko oluyimpumelelo lwekusasa elisimeme lezindiza zomhlaba wonke.”
Iqala ukusebenzisa uphethiloli wendiza osimeme okokuqala ngqa ngo-2022 esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Istanbul - emzileni we-Paris Charles De Gaulle, I-Turkish Airlines yandise lokhu kusetshenziswa eParis, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, London naseStockholm usuku olulodwa lwesonto ngalinye. Izinkampani zezindiza zomhlaba wonke zihlose ukukhulisa amaza nezindawo ezihlinzekwa ngophethiloli wendiza osimeme esikhathini esizayo. Futhi, amarekhodi esimeme kaphethiloli wendiza afika kumaphesenti angama-87 encipha ekukhishweni kwegesi ebamba ukushisa uma kuqhathaniswa nophethiloli kaphalafini wendabuko.
Ukwengeza, iTurkish Airlines ibambisana namanyuvesi ukusekela ucwaningo nokuthuthukiswa kwe-biofuel ukuze kuncishiswe ukusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli ezinsalela zezindiza. Mayelana nalokhu, iphrojekthi ye-Microalgae Based Sustainable Bio-Jet Fuel Project (MICRO-JET) iqhutshwa neNyuvesi yase-Boğaziçi futhi isekelwa yi-TUBITAK (Isikhungo Sokucwaninga Ngesayensi Nobuchwepheshe sase-Türkiye). Ngemuva kokuphothulwa ngempumelelo kwephrojekthi, inhloso kuzoba ukusebenzisa le biofuel, ezotholwa emithonjeni esimeme ezindizeni zethu ngemuva kokuhlolwa kwenjini okwenziwa yiTurkish Technic ngo-2022.
