In an effort to improve its environmental performance and promote sustainable flying, Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), has been investing in a variety of sustainability projects and new environmentally friendly initiatives that aims at minimizing emissions and promoting the future of sustainable flying benefitting travelers around the world including Bangladesh.
SAUDIA was first in the world to implement Green Points, a program that rewards passen-gers for helping to protect the environment. SAUDIA guests can reduce food wastage and landfill contributions by pre-selecting their meals during online check-in – which will also re-duce the weight of stock on board and save fuel.
The Program also offer Bangladeshi guests the option to travel with less luggage, which is incentivized by a generous allocation of Green Points.
SAUDIA has a signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Lilium, a Ger-man based aerospace company, to buy 100 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts. With zero operating emissions, the Lilium Jets will enable sustainable and time-saving travel allowing the national flag-carrier to play its part in the country’s sustainable air mobility development strategy.
Through the Skyteam’s Sustainable Flight Challenge 2023 (TSFC) Participation SAUDIA commits to sharing its sustainable innovations and insights which help reduce its environ-mental impact while alternative fuel sources are being researched.
SAUDIA CEO, Captain Ibrahim Koshy, has stated, “At SAUDIA, we are continually striving to reduce our environmental impact and to promote sustainable travel, we have implemented a variety of environment-friendly initiatives over the years. We have invested in buying fuel-efficient aircrafts such as Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Electrical Vertical Take-off and Landing jets with Lilium, as well as the order of CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power our new fleet of Airbus A321neo."
