Flying to more countries than any other airline, Turkish Airlines is using a special design adorned with leaves on its Airbus A321 type (TC-JSU tail numbered) aircraft, which is being used for its environmental fuel operation.
The global carrier operated its first flight with the new themed aircraft to Stockholm (TK1795 flight). In line with their effort to lead the widespread use of environmentally friendly fuel, the flight – which used biofuel during its operation – also undertook a zero-waste policy.
Apart from providing information on their sustainability actions with its Green Class concept of this first flight, the flag carrier also undertook new environmentally conscious actions for this flight. Alongside the kraft tissues, paper cups, wooden salt and pepper shakers used on the flight, all passengers were served complimentary healthy green tea. Another special measure was the nature-friendly pillow covers and blankets which were produced with 100 percent recycled certified threads in order to save on water. FSC certified wooden toys were gifted to child passengers.
On the environmentally friendly aircraft, Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board and the Executive Committee, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Bolat, stated: “As the national flag carrier of our country, our aircraft with its new design is now in the skies to underline the importance of sustainability for us. With the biofuel expression on our aircraft, we wish to emphasize the significance of using sustainable aviation fuel as it is one of the biggest hurdles of aviation industry’s struggle against carbon emissions. Thus, we are supporting the biofuel manufacturing efforts and aim to increase our flights which use biofuel during their operations.”
The global carrier will continue its efforts to lower its carbon emissions with new generation aircraft added to its already young fleet of 8.5 average age while planning to add new cities that are served with operations using biofuel on top of Stockholm, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Paris and London.
