Etihad Airways yakabudirira kubvisa kwakatenderedza 195,000 matani ekabhoni dhayokisaidhi muna 2017, nekuda kwenzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana dzekuchengetedza mafuta munzvimbo yayo.
Ichitevera huwandu hweshanduko dzakanangana nekusimudzira mashandiro, Etihad yakakwanisa kudzikisa huwandu hwemafuta anodyiwa nendege yayo nematani anopfuura makumi matanhatu nemaviri emafuta. Mhedzisiro yacho inomiririra 62,000 muzana yekuvandudza kubva pagore rapfuura, uye yakaenzana neyendege mazana masere nemakumi mashanu pakati peAud Dhabi neLondon.
Semuenzaniso, hurongwa hwekubhururuka hwakamisikidza netiweki yakaderedza angangoita maawa mazana mapfumbamwe ekubhururuka nguva, zvichitungamira mukuponeswa kwematani mazana mashanu nemazana mana emafuta uye kubvisa angangoita 900 matani ekabhoni dhayokisaidhi.
Mwaka wadarika, Etihad Airways yakasiyawo ndege ndege dzekare dzichida Boeing 787, imwe yendege dzinotakura mafuta zvakanyanya dziri kushanda nekuda kwechimiro chayo chakareruka. Etihad parizvino inoshanda 19 Boeing 787s mune yayo 115-yakasimba ngarava dzevanotakura uye nendege nendege, inova yeumwe wevadiki mudenga pazera repakati ramakore 5.4.
Richard Hill, Chief Operations Officer paEtihad Airways, akati: “2017 raive gore rakanakisa rekushandisa mafuta zvakanaka. Kubatanidzwa kwekusiya dzimwe ndege dzedu dzekare nekuwedzera huwandu hwendege dzeBoeing 787 mukati medzimwe ngarava, pamwe nekugadzirisa nzira dzatinofamba nendege pakati pezvimwe zvirongwa zvaita shanduko inoonekwa pakudyiwa kwedu nemafuta emweya. "
Etihad yakasimbisawo kubatana kwayo nevatapi vemagetsi ekudzora mumhepo kune dzakawanda nhandare huru kwainoshanda, kunyanya muAud Dhabi, kuitira kuti ivandudze mashandiro ezvakawanda zvekuburuka uye maprofayera ekusvika. Iyo inonyanyisa kushandisa mafuta kudzika maneuver inozivikanwa se 'inoramba ichiburuka nzira', iyo iyo ndege inoderedza kukwirira zvishoma nezvishoma, kwete munzira yekutsika. Kutenda nekuwedzera kwenhamba yenzira dzinoenderera dzakatsiga muna 2017, matani mazana mapfumbamwe nemakumi mapfumbamwe emafuta akachengetedzwa mukati megore.
Nekubatanidza mapurojekiti akakosha ekuchengetedza mafuta pamwe nekuvandudza mashandiro, kugona kwemakiromita evapfuuri kwakavandudzwa nezvakawanda se36 muzana pane dzimwe nzira dzeEtihad.
Ahmed Al Qubaisi, Mutevedzeri weMutungamiriri Mukuru weHurumende neInternational Affairs yeEtihad Aviation Group, akati: "Isu tinokoshesa zvakanyanya kusimba uye tinogara tichitsvaga mikana mitsva yekudzikisa kabhoni yedu. Tinodada zvikuru nekuvandudzwa kwedu kwegore negore, izvo zvinobatsira kwete Etihad chete maererano nekuchengetedza mafuta asiwo nharaunda pamwero wakafara. Mhedzisiro iyi chiratidzo chekubatana kwakatarisana kwezvikwata mubhizinesi redu pamwe nekubatana kwakasimba nevakakosha vemuno nevekunze mu Abu Dhabi uye netiweki yedu. "
Etihad ine chirongwa chakakura chekufunga kutsva kwakazvipira mukusimudzira uye kudzikiswa kwekabhoni, yakanatswa kuburikidza nekuenderera mberi kwekugadzirisa mashandiro pamwe neepurojekiti yenguva refu senge yekuvhiya biofuel kukura. Yakavakirwa mu Abu Dhabi Masdar Guta, iyo biofuel mutyairi purojekiti ndiyo mureza chirongwa che Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium inotungamirwa neMasdar Institute uye inotsigirwa nenhengo Etihad Airways, Boeing, ADNOC Refining, Safran, GE uye Bauer Resources
