subject: Travel In Green Flight Of Air China And Protect Our Planet [print this page] Air China is a Chinese International Airlines Company. It is the flag carrier and one of the major airlines of the People's Republic of China. An airline is the world's 10th largest airline by fleet size. The airline stated after its main rivals China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines in terms of total passengers carried. Air China is a member of the Star Alliance. Phoenix Miles is the name of the frequent flyer program of this airline.
The airline offers lounge to the business class travelers named as a VIP lounge. In the year 2010, Air China made a record of carrying 60 million national and international travelers. The three main hubs of the airlines include Beijing Capital International Airport, Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. Air China launched the first green domestic flight on June 12, 2010. Air China invited the passengers of CA1301 to participate a specially-planned flight green environment protection activity.
In this "green flight" activity, Air China additional satisfied China's energy-conservation policy and voluntarily reduces its gas emission. Air China will exert its service window role of Airline Company; actively fulfill its social responsibility. It will promote green energy-conservation concept to vast passengers and make its contribution to reducing emission and energy conservation. During the process of the aircraft flying, its engine attains drive force from aviation kerosene and at the same time it will discharge carbon dioxide.
Aviation travel is a transportation means that has the highest time efficiency and energy efficiency. When an aircraft flies at the speed of 800 kilometers per hour, it has only discharged 0.12 kg carbon dioxide for a traveler per kilometer. Because a plane will generate 3.14 tons carbon dioxide when it consumes a tons aviation fuel, reducing fuel consumption of an aircraft means reducing the emission of carbon dioxide.
Rising fuel efficiency and reducing fuel consumption are the key points for airline companies to save operation cost and rise competition face of projects. Therefore, over the past many years, Air China persisted in using many modern aircrafts that have high efficiency and a shorter lifespan to actively promote the technologies of energy-conservation-and-emission-reduction.
In order to protect the Earth in which humanity is living and construct a sustainable society, Air China will continue its green flight's activities and fulfill social responsibility. It will actively offer its travelers to contribute in green activities to protect our planet.
