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Turkish Airlines receives sustainability award
Turkish Airlines has been awarded the
“Airline Sustainability Innovation of the
Year” award by the Centre for Aviation
(CAPA).
“Turkish Airlines, which puts sustainability
at the center of its business model, won
this award within the scope of sustainable
innovation with the ‘Microalgae Based
Sustainable Bio-Jet Fuel Project [MICRO-
JET],’ in which it worked closely with
scientists to develop the world’s first
carbon negative sustainable aviation fuel
[SAF],” the flag carrier said in a statement.
Micro-Jet, jointly carried out with Boğaziçi
University, aims to produce biofuels from
microalgae using hydro-processed fatty
acids and hydrothermal liquefaction
methods. Turkish Airlines plans to use
this biofuel, which will be obtained from
sustainable sources and is a project output
that contributes to nine of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals,
in its flights after the engine tests to be
carried out by Turkish Technic.
When the national flag carrier uses this
fuel, it will be one of the few global
companies that can use the cleanest type
of biofuel, the statement added.
“As the airline that flies to more countries
than any other airline in the world, we
appreciate the sustainable aviation fuel as
a key element in our sustainability strategy
on reducing aviation’s environmental
impact,” said Levent Konukçu, chief
investment and technology officer at
Turkish Airlines.
“We will continue to invest and support
sustainable aviation fuels and focus on the
future of our world.”
Turkish Airlines said it received APEX World
Class and 2023 Five Star Global Airline
awards with its service standard from the
Airline Passenger Experience Association
(APEX ), one of the world’s most trusted
and prominent aviation organizations.
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