Qatar Airways Group published its Sustainability Report 2016-2017, providing a comprehensive review of the Group’s commitment to environmental sustainability.
The airline demonstrated constant and rapid growth during 2016-2017, with 14% more passenger and cargo flights carrying significantly more passengers, adding 10 new routes to its global network, and growing its fleet from 182 to 196 aircraft in the 12-month period ending 31 March 2017. Hamad International Airport exhibited similar growth in 2016-2017, serving 38.2 million passengers, managing 250,419 aircraft movements and handling 1.8 million tons of cargo.
Qatar Airways Group has demonstrated improvement in environmental performance across its business interests, including airline and airport operations, catering services, retail outlets and hotels.
Qatar Airways made airline operations 2.5% more carbon efficient than the previous year. The airline’s ongoing fuel optimization program focuses on reducing weight, route optimization, aircraft operations on the ground and technical performance.
During this period the airport achieved an 11.9% improvement in carbon efficiency per passenger when compared to the previous year.
The Sustainability Report provides many other examples of Qatar Airways Group’s environmental commitments in managing network growth, airport operations, waste management, water conservation, and protecting endangered wildlife.
The report outlines Qatar Airways Group‘s plans for environmental improvement to ensure sustainable growth across its operations. It reveals how the careful implementation of the principles and the processes of its environmental management systems throughout the Group is embedding a culture of environmental responsibility amongst its workforce.
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Source: Qatar Airways