Costa Rica Airlines – Airline Flights in Costa Rica + Nicaragua CO2-neutral
Costa Rica Airlines – Airline Flights in Costa Rica
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Umweltverträglichkeit von Flugzeugreisen :
costa rica airlines achtet auf CO2-neutrale umweltverträglichkeit und nachhaltigkeit beim einsatz von flugzeugen und der behandlung der reiseziele
INFORMATIONEN VON DER WEBSEITE : At NatureAir, we take our commitment to minimising the environmental impact of our business very seriously through a range of activities under our sustainable travel program. Since 2004, NatureAir has been proud to be the worlds first certified carbon neutral airline. In this period, we have helped to protect and conserve over 500 acres of tropical forests in the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica. With every flight you take, your support of NatureAir ensures that the places we go to remain pristine for future generations
and your next visit!
Doing something good has never been easier. Since day one, NatureAir has offset 100% of our flight emissions thru our own contributions. This means that simply by choosing NatureAir, you choose to conserve and protect our tropical forests here in Costa Rica. This is our committement to our passengers and the communities we serve.
At NatureAir, we take our commitment to minimising any kind of environmental impact of our activities very seriously.
In addition to our carbon compensation program, we have implemented a range of initiatives to minimise greenhouse gas emissions. In our flight operations we have improved our fuel efficiency by 7% in the last 3 years and we are continuously working to improve our fuel efficiencies every year.
Already we operate Costa Rica´s only twin-engine fleet of De-Haviland Twin Otters which offer extremely competitive fuel efficiencies compared to other Turbo Props in their class. We have also improved fuel efficiency through operational enhancements such as crew training, reducing aircraft weight, and improved flight planning.
Carbon offsetting is an important component of our environmental strategy. No matter how efficient we become, for the meantime flying results in the emission of greenhouse gases. Compensation is a method that allows us and our Guests to offset emissions related to flights through Government recognised compensation projects. Such projects also provide other benefits, such as tropical forest conservation, protection of biological corridors, environmental payment services to local communities and public education.
At NatureAir, we have always considered ourselves more than an airline, more like a travel company with wings. And even though we are proud of being the worlds first airline, we are just a drop in the bucket. We will always be the first carbon neutral airline; we just hope we are not the only one.
How we calculate emissions of our flights
To ensure our calculation of the volume of emissions relevant to your flight we calculate the total carbon emissions for all flight sectors flown in the previous twelve months.
Here at NatureAir we dont do things at 50%, so we undertook a detailed greenhouse gas life cycle assessment to determine the highest degree of accuracy the emissions that are associated with all aspects of our operations both in the air and on the ground.
Unlike other airlines claiming to be carbon neutral, we dont play games with silly and complicated calculations based on their own ability to sell seats or cargo. NatureAir takes all the fuel burned per calendar year, regardless of how many passengers were on the flight, or if the aircraft was in taxi on the runway, doing scenic flights over volcanoes or testing the engines in maintenance we burned it, it released CO2, we offset it. A true 100% compensation of all our CO2 emissions from flight operations.
For those that like their calculations a little more technical, our calculations are processed thru the Forestry Financing Department of the Costa Rican Government which uses guidelines widely accepted and equal to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines for calculating emissions inventories require that an oxidation factor be applied to the carbon content to account for a small portion of the fuel that is not oxidized into CO2. For all oil and oil products, the oxidation factor used is 0.99 (99 percent of the carbon in the fuel is eventually oxidized, while 1 percent remains un-oxidized.
Finally, to calculate the CO2 emissions from a gallon of fuel, the carbon emissions are multiplied by the ratio of the molecular weight of CO2 (m.w. 44) to the molecular weight of carbon (m.w.12): 44/12.
CO2 emissions from a gallon of gasoline = 2,421 grams x 0.99 x (44/12) = 8,788 grams = 8.8 kg/gallon = 19.4 pounds/gallon
